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John I, Lord of Ligny

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Reign
  
1354 - 1364

Name
  
John Lord

Children
  
Guy I, Count of Ligny

Mother
  
Guyotte of Lille

House
  
House of Luxembourg


Successor
  
Guy I

Predecessor
  
Waleran II

Died
  
May 17, 1364

Issue
  
Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vaudemont John of Luxembourg, Lord of Roussy Guy I of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny John of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Strasbourg Johanna of Luxembourg

Father
  
Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny

Grandchildren
  
Waleran III, Count of Ligny, John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir, Joan, Countess of Ligny

Parents
  
Waleran II, Lord of Ligny

Grandparents
  
Waleran I, Lord of Ligny

John I of Luxembourg (French: Jean Ier de Luxembourg; died: 17 May 1364), was a Lord of Ligny, Beauvoir, Roussy and La Roche from the House of Luxembourg. He was a son of Lord Waleran II and his wife, Guyotte of Lille.

Around 1330 he married to Alix of Dampierre (d. 1346), the heiress of Guy of Dampierre-Richebourg. Their children were:

  • Marie, married in 1347 to Count Henry of Vaudémont (d. 1365)
  • John (d. 1360/61), Lord of Roussy, and priest
  • Guy I (d. 22 August 1371), Count of Ligny and St. Pol
  • John (d. 4 April 1373), Bishop of Strasbourg from 1365 to 1369 and Archbishop of Mainz from 1371 to 1373
  • Johanna (d. 1392), married Count Guy V of Saint-Pol (d. 1360)

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