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Fürst von Ligne [1] (also known as Karl Fürst von Ligne or Fürst de Ligne [2] ): (23 May 1735 – 13 December 1814) was a field marshal, inhaber of an infantry regiment, prolific writer, intellectual, member of the princely family of Ligne.
Charles-Joseph, prince de Ligne was a Belgian military officer and man of letters whose memoirs and correspondence with such leading European figures as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire had an important influence on Belgian literature. The son of Claude Lamoral, prince de Ligne, head of a family.
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Prince Charles Joseph de Ligne-La Trémoïlle married at Antoing Castle on 20 November 2010 to Ran Li (currently called Princess Ran), who is a Chinese. She is Europe's first Chinese Princess. [ citation needed ]
Prince of Ligne is a title of Belgian nobility that belongs to the House of Ligne, which goes back to the eleventh century. It owes its name to the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai. [1] . The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the Crusades. [2]
For a glimpse of its complexity, and of its centrality to European life. there is hardly a better face to start than Philip Mansel's fine new biography of one of its most colourful and rakish grandees: Charles-Joseph, seventh Prince de Ligne.
Fürst von Ligne (also known as Karl Fürst von Ligne or Fürst de Ligne ): (23 May 1735 – 13 December 1814) was a field marshal, inhaber of an infantry regiment, prolific writer, intellectual, member of the princely family of Ligne.
The Habsburg courtier Charles Joseph Prince de Ligne seduced and symbolized 18th-century Europe. Speaking French, the international language of the day, he travelled between Paris and St Petersburg, charming everyone he met.
