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Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny
Born1340
Died23 August 1371(1371-08-23) (aged 30–31)
Baesweiler
Noble familyLuxembourg
Spouse(s)Mahaut of Châtillon
FatherJohn I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
MotherAlix of Dampierre

Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – 23 August 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 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. Guy was killed during the battle.

According to the chronicler Jan van Boendale who wrote in the Brabantsche Yeesten, 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

In 1354, Guy married Mahaut de Châtillon (1335–1378), Countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Jean de Châtillon-Saint-Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes, and had:

Ancestors

Ancestors of Guy I, Count of Ligny
8. Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
4. Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
9. Joanna of Beauvoir
2. John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
10. John IV of Lille
5. Guyotte of Lille
11. Béatrix of Clermont
1. Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
12. William IV of Dendermonde
6. Guy V of Richebourg
13. Alix of Clermont
3. Alix of Dampierre
14. Nicholas III of Putten
7. Beatrix of Putten
15. Aleida of Strijen

References

  1. Boffa 2004, p. 42.
  2. ^ Bubenicek 2002, p. 262.
  3. Brown-Grant & Damen 2022, p. 189.
  4. Gregory, Baldwin & Jones 2011, p. 48.

Sources

  • Boffa, Sergio (2004). Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406, Volume 17. The Boydell Press.
  • Brown-Grant, Rosalind; Damen, Mario, eds. (2022). A Chivalric Life: The Book of the Deeds of Messire Jacques de Lalaing. The Boydell Press.
  • Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle. Ecole de Chartes.
  • Gregory, Philippa; Baldwin, David; Jones, Michael, eds. (2011). The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother. Simon & Schuster Inc.


Guy I, Count of Ligny House of Luxembourg-LignyBorn: 1340 Died: 23 August 1371
Preceded byGuy V Count of Saint-Pol
(jure uxoris)
1360–1371
Succeeded byWaleran III
Preceded byJohn I Count of Ligny
1364–1371
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