Born as the son of Anthony I, Count of Ligny, and his second wife, Françoise of Croÿ-Chimay.
He belonged to the collateral branch of the House of Luxembourg.
Charles II, his great-grandson, was imprisoned after buying a copy of William Byrd's Gradualia on the basis of Catholic tensions [needs editing: William Byrd was born in 1539 or 1540].
In 1510, he married Charlotte of Estouteville; they had the following children:
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