Waleran I, Lord of Ligny

Waleran I of Luxembourg (died 5 June 1288 in the Battle of Worringen[1]) was Lord of Ligny and La Roche around 1281.

While is older brother Henry VI became Count of Luxembourg like their father, Waleran I is the forefather and founder of what became the French branch of the House of Luxembourg, the so-called house of Luxembourg-Ligny.

[2][3] He married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir (died before December 1300), and had: He was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant.

His eldest son, Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.

Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in Le Tournoi de Chauvency by trouvère Jacques Bretel.