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Anthony II, Count of Ligny

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Spouse(s)
  
Margaret of Savoy

Noble family
  
House of Luxembourg

Name
  
Anthony Count


Father
  
Charles I, Count of Ligny

Mother
  
Charlotte of Estouteville

Died
  
8 February 1557(1557-02-08)

Anthony II, Count of Ligny (d. 8 February 1557) was a son of Count Charles I and his wife Charlotte of Estouteville. In 1530, he succeeded his father as count of Ligny and Brienne.

In 1535, he married Margaret, a daughter of René of Savoy, Count of Villars. They had the following children:

  • John III (d. 1576)
  • Francis, Duke of Piney-Luxembourg
  • Anthony (d. 1573)
  • Henry
  • Madeleine (d. 1588), married Christophe Jouvenel des Ursins. Marquis de Traînel

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