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Waleran I, Lord of Ligny

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Reign
  
1281 - 1288

Father
  
Henry I of Ligny

Spouse
  
Jeanne of Beauvoir

Successor
  
Henry II

House
  
House of Luxembourg

Predecessor
  
Henry I

Name
  
Waleran Lord


Waleran I, Lord of Ligny

Issue
  
Henry II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny Philipotte Elisabeth Marguerite Marie

Role
  
Henry V of Luxembourg's son

Died
  
1288, Worringen, Cologne, Germany

Children
  
Waleran II, Lord of Ligny, Henry II, Lord of Ligny

Parents
  
Henry V of Luxembourg, Margaret of Bar

Grandparents
  
Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, Henry II, Count of Bar, Philippa of Dreux

Great grandchildren
  
Guy I, Count of Ligny

Grandchildren
  
John I, Lord of Ligny

Waleran I of Luxembourg (died 5 June 1288 in the Battle of Worringen) was since 1281 Lord of Ligny and La Roche.

He was the second son of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar.

He married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir (died before December 1300), and had:

  • Henry II, died 1303, 1295 Lord of Ligny
  • Waleran II (1275–1354) Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Beauvoir, married Guyotte Châtelaine de Lille († 1338)
  • Philipotte
  • Elisabeth
  • Marguerite, nun
  • Marie (died 1337), married Jean de Ghistelles (killed in 1346 in the Battle of Crécy)
  • He was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant. His eldest son, Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.
    Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in Le Tournoi de Chauvency by trouvère Jacques Bretel.

    References

    Waleran I, Lord of Ligny Wikipedia