Prince of Chimay
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The Freiherrschaft Chimay , one of the twelve "pairies" with a seat and vote in the Curia of the Imperial Palatinate County of Hainaut was elevated to the County of Chimay in 1473 and on April 9, 1486 to the Imperial Principality of Chimay . For a long time it belonged to the older branch of the House of Croÿ (which became extinct in today's princes) before it came to a younger branch of the Arenberg family in 1612 (which became extinct in today's princes) . In 1686 Chimay was inherited by the house of d'Alsace-Henin-Liétard, imperial counts of Boussu (near Mons, Hainaut), whose heir was in turn the de Riquet de Caraman family. The imperial princehood was confirmed on September 4, 1735 for all male and female descendants of Alexander de Chimay, from the Alsace-Hénin-Liétard family.
The first Prince de Chimay from the de Caraman family (Philip VIII, 16th Prince de Chimay) achieved recognition of his imperial title in the Netherlands in 1824, his younger brother in 1827 in the Netherlands and in 1834 in Belgium. The younger line died out in 1973, the older one still exists.
Barons of Chimay, Pairs de Hainaut
House Nesle
- Marie du Thour et de Chimay, attested in 1241
- Jean III de Nesle († before 1286), their son, Comte de Soissons , Seigneur de Chimay 1263/84
- Jean IV. De Nesle († before 1302), his son, Comte de Soissons, Seigneur de Chimay
- Hugues de Nesle († after 1306), his brother, Comte de Soissons, Seigneur de Chimay
- Marguerite de Nesle († 1350), his daughter, Comtesse de Soissons, to Dargies , Catheux and Chimay; ∞ Jean de Hainaut, sn de Beaumont († 1356)
House of Châtillon
- Jeanne de Hainaut (1323-1350), their daughter; ∞
- Louis I. de Châtillon († 1346) Count of Blois and Soissons, Lord of Avesnes , Guise , Chimay and Nouvion
- Louis II. De Châtillon († 1372), his son, Count of Blois and Dunois , Lord of Avesnes, Landrecies , Trélon and Chimay
- Jean II. De Châtillon († 1381), his brother, Count of Blois and Dunois
- Guy II. De Châtillon († 1397), his brother, Count of Soissons and Blois, Lord of Dargies, Baume , Tongré , Chimay, Trélon, Avesnes etc.
Guy II gives Soissons as a gift to Elizabeth of England in 1367, who is married to Enguerrand VII de Coucy . The heirs of Guys II sell Blois and Dunois to the Duke of Orléans . The rule of Chimay goes to the Lords of Moreuil and from these to the Croy.
Counts of Chimay (1473–1482)
House Croÿ
Coat of arms of Jean II. De Croÿ
- Jean II. De Croÿ († 1473) 1473 Comte de Chimay
- Philippe I. de Croÿ (1434–1482), his son, 1473 2nd Comte de Chimay
- Charles I. de Croÿ (1455–1527), his son, 3rd Comte de Chimay in 1482, Prince of Chimay in 1482
Princes of Chimay
House Croÿ
- Charles I. de Croÿ (1455–1527), 1482 3rd Count of Chimay, 1486, Aachen 9.4 .: Prince of Chimay (Emperor Maximilian I)
- Anne de Croÿ (1502–1539), 1527 2nd Princess of Chimay, whose daughter ∞ her cousin Philippe II. De Croÿ , 4th Count of Porcéan , 2nd Duke of Soria , 2nd Count of Beaumont, 1532 Marquis de Renty , 1534 1st Duke of Aarschot
- Charles II. De Croÿ (1522–1551), their son, 1539 3rd Prince of Chimay, 1549 2nd Duke of Aarschot, 3rd Count of Beaumont
- Philippe III. de Croÿ (1526–1595), his brother, 1551 3rd Duke of Aarschot, 4th Prince of Chimay, 4th Count of Beaumont
- Charles III de Croÿ (1560–1612), his son, 1595 4th Duke of Aarschot, 5th Prince of Chimay, 3rd Prince of Porcéan, Marquis de Montcornet, 5th Count of Beaumont (not Imperial Prince in 1594, referring to his uncle Charles Philippe de Croy (1549-1613) refers; also not 1598 French 1st Duc de Croy (Kg HENRI IV of France), which refers to the son of Charles Philippe: Charles Alexandre de Croy (1581-1624))
- Anne de Croÿ (1564–1635), his sister, Princess of Chimay, 1612 6th Duchess of Aarschot; ∞ 1587 Charles de Ligne, Prince of Arenberg (1550–1616), iure uxoris, Prince of Chimay and Duke of Aarschot
House Arenberg
- Alexandre d'Arenberg, from 1612 de Croy-Chimay d'Arenberg (1590–1629), their son, 6th Prince of Chimay, Count of Beaumont
- Albert de Croy-Chimay d'Arenberg (1618–1643), his son, 1629 7th Prince of Chimay, Count of Beaumont
- Philippe de Croy-Chimay d'Arenberg (1619–1675), his brother, 1643 8th Prince of Chimay, Count of Beaumont
- Ernest Alexandre Dominique de Croy-Chimay d'Arenberg (1643–1686), his son, 1675 9th Prince of Chimay, Count of Beaumont, Viceroy of Navarre
House Hénin -Liétard
- Philippe Louis d'Alsace-Hénin-Liétard (1646–1688) nephew of Albert and Philippe de Croy-Chimay d'Arenberg, 1656 7th Comte de Boussu , 4th Marquis de Vere et de Vlissingen , 1686 10th Prince de Chimay, Comte de Beaumont
- Charles Louis Antoine d'Alsace-Hénin-Liétard dit d'Alsace de Boussu (1675-1740), his son, 1688 8th Comte de Boussu, 11th Prince de Chimay, Comte de Beaumont
- Alexandre Gabriel Joseph d'Alsace-Hénin-Liétard dit d'Alsace de Boussu (1681–1745), his brother, Prince of Chimay, September 4, 1735, Prince de Chimay 1737, Comte de Beaumont, 1749 9. Comte de Boussu
- Thomas Alexandre Marc Henri de Henin-Liétard dit d'Alsace de Boussu (1732–1759), his son, 13th Prince de Chimay, Comte de Beaumont, 10th Comte de Boussu, 1745 and 1748 respectively
- Thomas Alexandre Marc Maurice de Henin-Liétard dit d'Alsace de Boussu (1759–1761), his son, 14th Prince de Chimay in 1759, Comte de Beaumont, Imperial Prince
- Philippe Gabriel Maurice Joseph de Henin-Liétard dit d'Alsace de Boussu (1736–1804) his uncle, 1761 15th Prince de Chimay, Imperial Prince, 12th Comte de Boussu, 9th Marquis de Vere et de Vlissingen
Caraman house
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Main line
- François Joseph Philippe de Riquet (1771–1843) his nephew, Comte de Caraman, recognized in the Netherlands in 1824 as the 16th Prince de Chimay
- Joseph de Riquet (1808–1886), his son, 1843 17th Prince de Chimay, 1867 Prince de Caraman
- Marie Joseph Guy Henri Philippe de Riquet (1836–1892), his son, 1886 18th Prince de Chimay, 2nd Prince de Caraman
- Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet (1858–1937), his son, 1892 19th Prince de Chimay, 3rd Prince de Caraman
- Joseph Marie Alexandre Pierre Ghislain de Riquet (1921–1990), his son, 1937–1990 20th Prince de Chimay, 1937–1944 4th Prince de Caraman, renounced his Belgian title in favor of his younger brother
- Élie Marie Charles Pierre Paul de Riquet (1924–1980), his brother, 1944 5th Prince de Caraman
- Philippe Joseph Marie Jean de Riquet (* 1948), his son, 21st Prince de Chimay in 1990, 6th Prince de Caraman
Branch line
- Alphonse de Riquet (1810–1865) 1827 ad personam Dutch, 1834 ad personam Belgian Prince de Chimay, son of François Joseph Philippe de Riquet, 16th Prince de Chimay
- Alphonse de Riquet (1844-1928), his son, 1865 hereditary Belgian Prince de Chimay
- Alphonse de Riquet (1899–1973), his son, Prince de Chimay
literature
- Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume VII (1979) Table 16, 18, Volume XVIII (1998) Table 100ff, 107ff., 117ff and 122ff