List of rulers of Ligny
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The Lords of Ligny, later Counts of Ligny, ruled the fief of Ligny-en-Barrois during the Middle Ages. In 1240, the seigniory of Ligny-en-Barrois was given by Henry II of Bar as the dowry of his daughter Marguerite, who married Henry V of Luxemburg. Henry bestowed it upon his younger son Waleran, who was killed at the Battle of Worringen. In 1364, it was elevated to a county, and remained in the Luxembourg family and their descendants (with an interruption 1476–1510) until 1719, when it was sold to the Duke of Lorraine.
[edit] Lords of Ligny
- 1240–1281: Henry
- 1281–1288: Waleran I
- 1288–1354 Waleran II
- 1354–1364 John I
[edit] Counts of Ligny
- 1364–1371 Guy I
- 1371–1415 Waleran III
- 1415–1430 Philip
- 1430–1430 Jeanne
- 1430–1440 John II
- 1440–1475 Louis I
- 1476–1478 Georges de la Trémoille
- 1481–1487 Louis of Bourbon, Count of Roussillon
- 1487–1510 Charles of Bourbon, Count of Roussillon
- 1510–1519 Anthony I
- 1519–1530 Charles I
- 1530–1557 Anthony II
- 1557–1576 John III
- 1576–1608 Charles II
- 1608–1613 François, duc de Piney-Luxembourg
- 1613–1616 Henri, duc de Piney-Luxembourg
- 1616–1680 Marguerite Charlotte, duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
- 1680–1701 Madeleine Charlotte, duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
- 1701–1719 Charles François, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, sold the county to Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine in 1719
