John III, Count of Ligny

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John III, Count of Ligny
Died(1576-07-01)1 July 1576
Noble family House of Luxembourg
Spouse(s)Wilhelmina of Boullion
Father Anthony II, Count of Ligny
MotherMargaret of Savoy

John III, Count of Ligny (died 1 July 1576) was the eldest son of Count Anthony II and his wife Margaret of Savoy. He succeeded his father as Count of Brienne and Ligny in 1557.

He arrived in Edinburgh on 2 November 1566 as the ambassador of Savoy and was lodged in Henry Kinloch's house in the Canongate near Holyrood Palace. He visited Craigmillar Castle to meet Mary, Queen of Scots on 20 November, and went to Stirling Castle on 12 December for the baptism of Prince James, escorted by George Seton, 7th Lord Seton. He gave the queen a necklace of pearl and rubies and earrings. [1]

Marriage and family

John married Wilhelmina (d. 1592), the daughter of Duke Robert IV of Bouillon. Together, they had the following children:

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References

  1. Thomas Thomson, A Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents in Scotland (Bannatyne Club, 1833), pp. 102-3.
John III, Count of Ligny
 Died: 1 July 1576
Preceded by Count of Ligny
Count of Brienne

1557-1576
Succeeded by