Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle

Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle
Princely Family of Ligne
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  • HH The Prince
    HRH The Princess
    • HH The Hereditary Prince
    • HH Princess Alix

HRH The Dowager Princess

  • HH Prince Wauthier
    HH Princess Regine
    • HH Prince Philippe
      HH Princess Laetitia
      • HH Prince Jean Charles
    • HH Princess Melanie Yolande
    • HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Baudouin Gillès de Pelichy
  • HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat
  • HI&RH Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza
  • HH Princess Sophie, Comtesse Philippe de Nicolay
  • HH Prince Antoine
    HH Princess Jacqueline
    • HH Prince Louis
    • HH Princess Marie
    • HH Princess Florence
  • HH Princess Yolande, Mrs. Townsend
Extended family
v · Los Angeles River corridor, including a possible high-speed train from San Francisco to San Diego.[1]

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Background

Charles-Antoine was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1946.[2] He studied law at the Institut Catholique de Paris and hotel administration and management at Cornell University.[2] He is the son of the late Prince Jean Charles of Ligne-La Trémoïlle and Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller. He is third cousin once removed of Michel, head of the House of Ligne through their shared descent from Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne. Like all members of the Ligne family, he holds the title of prince in the Belgian nobility and the style of Highness.

His branch of the Ligne family are heirs in the female line of the House of La Trémoïlle, which held the rare rank of prince étranger during France's ancien régime, as pretenders to the crown of Naples. He is also a potential claimant to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, via the Brienne claim and as heir-general of Amadeus IX of Savoy, together with Juan Carlos I; Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou; Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples; Otto von Habsburg; Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria; Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro; and, Patrick Guinness. He is also a potential claimant to the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and heir to the Brienne claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Marriage and children

He married, firstly, Lady Moira Beatrice Forbes, daughter of Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard and Marie Madeleine de Faucigny-Lucinge (descendant through an illegitimate branch of Charles X of France), on 7 October 1971 and were divorced in 1975. He married, secondly, Princess Alyette Isabelle Odile Marie of Croÿ, daughter of Prince Rodolphe of Croÿ, and Odile de Bailleul, on 23 January 1976. they had two sons:

  • HH Prince Edouard Lamoral Rodolphe of Ligne (b. Paris, 27 September 1976) who married civilly on 2 September 2009 and religiously on 5 September 2009, Italian actress Isabella Orsini.
  • HH Prince Charles Lamoral Joseph Malcolm of Ligne (b. Paris, 25 February 1980)

Ancestors

Notes

  1. ^ Gladstone, Mark; Colvin, Richard Lee (29 September 1992). "Wilson Vetoes L.A. River Parkway Bill Legislation". Los Angeles Times. 
  2. ^ a b Gladstone, Mark (28 June 1993). "Obscure Prince Lobbies for Quixotic State Rail Plan". Los Angeles Times. 

References

Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle
Born: 30 September 1946
Preceded by
Louis de Ligne		 Line of succession to head of the House of Ligne
6th position		 Succeeded by
Edouard de Ligne
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Jean Charles de Ligne		 — TITULAR —
King of Jerusalem
9 July 2005 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Kingdom of Jerusalem fell in 1291		 Incumbent
Heir:
Edouard de Ligne


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