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Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne, Prince of Epinoy, Marquis of Roubaix and Count of Fauquemberg (8 October 1618 – 21 December 1679), was a nobleman from the Spanish Netherlands, military and diplomate in the service of Philip IV of Spain and Charles II of Spain . ==Biography== Born at Belœil, he succeeded his brother Albert Henry (1615–1641), as third Prince of Ligne. He married in 1642 his brother's widow Claire Marie of Nassau-Siegen, countess of Nassau (Brussels, October 1621 - Belœil, 2 September 1695). He was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Grandee of Spain and Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece (1646). Between 1649 and 1669, he was Captain General of the Spanish Cavalry in the Spanish Netherlands, which was the third highest military position after Captain General and Governor of the Arms. In 1660, he was sent as representative of the Spanish King to the Royal court of Charles II of England as first foreign recognition of the newly restored English monarchy. He became Viceroy of Sicily (1670–1674), where he fortified the costal defences against Turkish pirates, who attacked the local population to abduct and sell them into slavery.〔Description (in Italian) of the actions by the prince de Ligne in Sicily against the Turks. ()〕 Later he was appointed Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1674–1678). Claude Lamoral, and after his death, his wife Claire Marie, enlarged the Chateau of Belœil and its spectacular French-styled 25 ha garden, which has a 6 ha. lake in front of the castle. Today the gardens are partially open to the public.〔(History of the Chateau of Belœil, in English )〕 〔 (A description of the present gardens of Belœil in The Telegraph )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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