Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg

Jean participated in the campaign in France and distinguished himself in the Battle of St. Quentin (1557) where he, together with Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, led the left wing of the infantry in the final attack against the French.

He was unable to stop the spread of Protestantism in his northern provinces, but succeeded in 1567 to keep them loyal to the crown without bloodshed.

Back south, he joined the army under the Duke of Alva, but objected against the arrests of Egmont and Hoorn.

When Louis and Adolf of Nassau (brothers of William I of Orange) invaded Groningen, he was sent back by Alva to repulse this army.

Arenberg was buried in the Saint Catherine Church in Zevenbergen, and his remains were moved in 1614 to the family vault in Enghien.