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The House of Ligne is one of the oldest Belgian noble families, dating back to the eleventh century.〔''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIV. "Ligne". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, pp. 495-500. ISBN 978-3-7980-0700-0.〕 Its name comes from the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai. The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the Crusades.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ducal and princely houses of Belgium - Belgium Travel Guide - Eupedia )〕 With the battle of Bouvines in 1214, they were described as "great name and men of honour" by the chroniclers of the time. Their progressive rise in the nobility began as barons in the twelfth century, then counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century, princes of Amblise in 1608.〔 The family became Imperial counts on 18 December 1544, Lamoral I receiving from Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, the title Prince of the Holy Roman Empire as ''Prince de Ligne'' on 20 March 1601,〔 for all of his agnatic descendants, male and female. Compensation for loss of the Imperial County of Ligne (Fagnolles, since that barony had become seat of the county in 1789) as a result of the Peace of Lunéville consisted of substitution of the secularized Imperial abbey of Edelstetten, with guarantee of an individual vote in the Imperial College of Princes in 1803.〔 That principality was, however, sold to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy) on 22 May 1804,〔 before abolition of the Holy Roman Empire, of which Edelstetten had been a constituent Imperial state, in 1806. The style of ''Highness'' was confirmed for all members of extant branches of the family on 31 May 1923, and the titles of ''Prince d'Amblise'' and ''Prince d'Epinoy'' recognized for the head of the house on 22 October of the same year by the Belgian Crown.〔 There have been cadet branches of this house: Barbançon, Barbançon-Arenberg, Moy, Ham and Arenberg. ==Abbots and abbesses== Within this house, there were the following abbots and abbesses: * Gérard de Ligne (†1270) Abott de Cambrai * Mahaut de Ligne (c. 1275) Abbess d'Epinlieu * Marie de Ligne (c. 1500) Abbess de Mons * Marie de Ligne (c. 1550) Abbess de Cambrai * Catherine de Ligne (†1581) Abbess de Thorn (La Thure) 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「House of Ligne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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