Predecessor Ernest Successor Baudouin | Spouse Philippine de Noailles Name Eugene, Prince | |
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Reign 23 June 1937 – 26 June 1960 Born 10 August 1893
Breuilpont ( 1893-08-10 ) Died 26 June 1960(1960-06-26) (aged 66)
Chateau de Belœil Issue Baudouin, 12th Prince of Ligne
Princess Isabelle de Ligne
Archduchess Yolande of Austria
Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne | ||
Eugene de Ligne, 11th Prince de Ligne (Eugène II, prince de Ligne) (10 August 1893 - 26 June 1960) was the eldest son of Ernest, 10th Prince de Ligne and Diane de Cossé-Brissac. He also held the titles of Prince of Epinoy and Prince of Amblise and was Knight of the Golden Fleece.
Biography
After having carried out studies of philosophy and letters, Eugène completed in 1920 the diplomatic examination with distinction. He was sent to Bucharest, Paris, Madrid, London and Washington, D.C.
Eugène married Philippine de Noailles on 28 February 1917. She was a daughter of François Joseph Eugène Napoléon de Noailles. They had two sons and two daughters:
Following the death of his father in 1937, Eugène became 11th prince de Ligne. During the invasion of Belgium by the Germans in 1940, Eugène joined, (near Antwerp), the motorized group at the vanguard. When Belgium was demobilized, he and his wife worked to provision the country and transformed the castle of Belœil into a hiding place for hundreds of Jewish children escaping the Holocaust. After the Second World War, he was named ambassador of Belgium to India (1947 to 1951), and to Spain (1951 to 1958).