Waleran III, Count of Ligny

Waleran III of Luxembourg (1355 – 12 April 1415) Count of Ligny and Saint Pol, was a French nobleman and soldier.

[2] Waleran was captured at the same battle,[2] but released through the intercession of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

[3][4] He did homage, to Richard II of England, for his French domains,[5] which allowed him to negotiate down his ransom, and he was released soon afterwards.

[5] He blockaded Calais in 1403, stopping all overland commerce into the town ordering the arrest of any English merchants.

Under the Burgundians he obtained preferment, becoming Grand Maître des Eaux et Forêts, the governor of Paris in 1410, and Constable of France in 1411.