Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne

Princely Family of Ligne

HH The Prince HRH The Princess HH The Hereditary Prince HH Princess Alix, Countess of Dampierre HRH The Dowager Princess HH Prince Wauthier HH Princess Regine HH Prince Philippe HH Princess Laetitia HH Prince Jean Charles HH Princess Aliénor HH Princess Melanie Yolande HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Gillès de Pelichy HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat HRH Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza HH Princess Sophie, Countess of Nicolay HH Prince Antoine HH Princess Jacqueline HH Prince Louis HH Princess Marie HH Princess Florence Extended family HI&RH Archduchess Yolande of Austria HH Princess Maria HH Princess Hedwige Marie of Merode HH Prince Charles Antoine HH Princess Alyette HH Prince Edouard Lamoral HH Princess Isabella HH Princess Althea HH Princess Athénaïs HH Prince Charles Joseph HH Princess Ran HH Prince Amadeo Joseph HH Princess Marie, Mrs. Guzmán y Bustos HH Princess Helene, Mrs. Whitwell

Michel Charles Eugène Marie Lamoral, Prince de Ligne, Prince d'Épinoy, Prince d'Amblise, and Grandee of Spain, was born on 26 May 1951 in Château de Belœil, Belgium.^[1] He is the son of Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne and Princess Alix of Luxembourg.^[2] He is thus the nephew of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and a cousin of Grand Duke Henri.^[2] As head of the House of Ligne he bears the (traditionally untranslated) title, Prince de Ligne,^[2] and is a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria.

Marriage and children

Princess Alix Marie Isabelle Aldegonde Eléonore de Ligne (born 3 July 1984), married on 18 June 2016 at the Château de Belœil Count Guillaume Aymar Emmanuel de Dampierre (born 4 May 1985, a third cousin twice-removed of Emanuelle de Dampierre, Duchess of Segovia, through their mutual ancestor Aymar, Marquis de Dampierre 1787-1845).
Prince Henri Antoine Gabriël Wauthier Marie Lamoral de Ligne (born 1 March 1989).^[1]

1951-1985: His Highness Prince Michel Charles Eugène Marie Lamoral de Ligne
2005-present: His Highness Michel, Prince de Ligne, Prince d'Épinoy and d'Amblise, Grandee of Spain

Ancestors of Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne

16. Prince Henri de Ligne

8. Ernest, 10th Prince de Ligne

17. Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord

18. Roland de Cossé, Marquis de Brissac

9. Diane de Cossé-Brissac

19. Jeanne Eugénie Say

20. Antoine de Noailles, Duc de Mouchy

10. François de Noailles, Prince de Poix

21. Princesse Anna Murat

5. Philippine de Noailles

22. Arthur Constant, Baron Dubois de Courval

11. Madeleine Dubois de Courval

23. Marie Ray

1. Michel, 14th Prince de Ligne

1 2 3 Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 46, 51, 427-429 . (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X
1 2 3 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 218, 240. ISBN 0-220-66222-3

Belgian nobility
Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne House of Ligne Born: 26 May 1951
Preceded by Antoine	Prince de Ligne 2005 – present	Incumbent Heir: Henri

Sovereign Princes of Ligne

Michel (2005–Present) Lamoral I (1601–1624) Albert Henri (1624–1641) Claude Lamoral I (1641–1679) Henri (1679–1702) Antoine I (1702–1750) Claude Lamoral II (1750–1766) Charles-Joseph (1766–1814) Eugène I (1814–1880) Louis (1880–1918) Ernest (1918–1937) Eugène II (1937–1960) Baudouin (1960–1985) Antoine II (1985–2005)

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