Died 9 July 2005 | Parents Henri-Florent Lamoral | |
Children Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle Grandchildren Prince Charles Joseph Malcolm de Ligne, Prince Édouard Lamoral Rodolphe de Ligne de La Trémoïlle People also search for Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle Great grandchild Princess Althea Isabelle Sophie Orsini de Ligne de la Trémoïlle | ||
Prince Jean Charles de Ligne de La Trémoïlle (16 June 1911 – 9 July 2005) was a Belgian nobleman and the son of Prince Henri de Ligne and his wife, Princess Charlotte de La Trémoille (1892–1971), eldest daughter of the 13th and penultimate Duc de Thouars.
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Family Background
Although a junior member of the House of Ligne, he founded a distinct cadet branch of that princely family: At the death of his childless maternal uncle, Louis Jean Marie de La Trémoille, prince étranger and last Duke of Thouars in France, Prince Jean Charles kept alive one of the most distinguished names in French history by having his uncle's surname, "de La Trémoïlle", legally appended to his own in Belgium.
The heir male (or, failing heirs male, the senior female) of this lineage is the primogeniture representative of the kings of Naples of the House of Trastámara, in dynastic descent from King Federigo IV, deposed and exiled in 1501, through Anne de Laval. Also, his paternal grandmother, Charlotte de Gontaut-Biron, was a direct descendant of James II of England and his illegitimate son, James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick, through her mother, Charlotte Marie de FitzJames, from the French branch of the descendants of the 1st Duke of Berwick. Jean Charles was also the heir general or the senior most genealogical representative of King Charles VII of France, through his ancestor Anne de Laval who was a great-great-granddaughter of Charles VII in a female line. He also descends from Charles VII through his ancestor James II, who's maternal grandfather Henry IV of France was also a direct descendant of Charles VII of France.
Marriage and Children
On 11 March 1942, he married in Paris, France Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller, daughter of Charles Edmond de Lambertye, Marquis de Gerbeviller. They had three children, all of whom married into princely families:
His legal title and style in Belgium was: "His Highness Jean Charles de Ligne de La Trémoïlle, Prince de Ligne."
However, as the House of La Trémoïlle was also of princely rank in France, members of this branch are commonly referred to as Son Altesse Prince/Princess Firstname de Ligne de La Trémoïlle.