Guy I of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
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Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – August 23, 1371) was Count of Saint-Pol (1360-1371) and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy
and Beauvoir (1364-1371).
He was the son of John I and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg.
Guy participated in the lost Battle of Baesweiler
(present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant
on the one side, and William II, Duke of Jülich
and Edward, Duke of Guelders
on the other side.
The chroniqueur Jan van Boendale writes in his Brabantsche Yeesten that Guy lay wounded and abandoned on the battlefield, until he was discovered by a scavenger the next day, who killed and robbed him. When this plunderer tried later to sell his booty, he was hanged.
Roussy-le-Village
Roussy-le-Village is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Moselle department...
and Beauvoir (1364-1371).
He was the son of John I and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg.
Guy participated in the lost Battle of Baesweiler
Battle of Baesweiler
The Battle of Baesweiler was a conflict between the dukes of Brabant and Jülich.During this time, large groups of mercenaries roamed the lands of western Europe, bringing death wherever they came...
(present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant
Duke of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant was formally erected in 1183/1184. The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I, son of Godfrey III of Leuven . The Duchy of Brabant was a feudal elevation of the since 1085/1086 existing title of Landgrave of Brabant...
on the one side, and William II, Duke of Jülich
William II, Duke of Jülich
William II, Duke of Jülich was the second Duke of Jülich and the sixth William in the House of Jülich. He was the second son of William I of Jülich and Joanna of Hainaut....
and Edward, Duke of Guelders
Edward, Duke of Guelders
Edward, Duke of Guelders , Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen was the youngest son of Rainald II of Guelders and his second wife, Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of Edward II of England....
on the other side.
The chroniqueur Jan van Boendale writes in his Brabantsche Yeesten that Guy lay wounded and abandoned on the battlefield, until he was discovered by a scavenger the next day, who killed and robbed him. When this plunderer tried later to sell his booty, he was hanged.
Marriage and children
He married in 1354 with Mahaut of Châtillon (1335-1378), Countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Jean de Châtillon-Saint-Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes, and had:- Waléran IIIWaleran III of Luxembourg, Count of LignyWaleran III of Luxembourg , Count of Ligny and Saint Pol, was a French nobleman and soldier.He was the son of Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Mahaut of Châtillon, Countess of Saint Pol. He succeeded his father in 1371, after his death at the Battle of Baesweiler...
(1356-1415), Count of Ligny and of Saint-Pol, died at the Battle of Azincourt. - PierrePierre de LuxembourgPierre de Luxembourg was a Catholic ecclesiastic. He was beatified in 1527.Pierre was born July 20, 1369, in Ligny-en-Barrois, Meuse, France. He was the second of the six children of Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, and Saint-Pol, and Mahaut de Châtillon.Both of Pierre's parents died while he...
(1369-1387), bishop of Metz and cardinal, beatified in 1527. - Margaret, married in 1377 Peter of EnghienPeter of EnghienPeter of Enghien was Count of Lecce from 1380 to 1384.He inherited the County of Lecce on the death of his father, John of Enghien, in 1380. He married Margaret, daughter of Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny. However, the marriage was childless, and he was succeeded in Lecce by his sister, Mary...
, died in 1384, and in 1396 with Jean III de Werchin et Cysoing, died at the Battle of Azincourt. - John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir (13701397), married Margaret, Countess of Brienne. He started a cadet branch of the House of Saint-Pol and was the father of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-PolPeter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-PolPeter of Luxembourg was a son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir and his wife Marguerite of Enghien. His inheritance included the counties of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol.- Family :...
and John II of Luxembourg, Count of LignyJohn II of Luxembourg, Count of LignyJohn II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny was a French nobleman and soldier, a younger son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir and Marguerite of Enghien....
. - André (died 1396), Bishop of Cambrai
- Marie, married Jean de Condé (died 1391), and Simon, count of Salm (died 1397)
- Joan, Countess of Ligny (died 1430).