Counts of Ligny

The Lords of Ligny, later Counts of Ligny, ruled the fief of Ligny-en-Barrois during the Middle Ages. In 1240, the seigniory of Ligny-en-Barrois was given by Henry II of Bar as the dowry of his daughter Marguerite, who married Henry V of Luxemburg. Henry bestowed it upon his younger son Waleran, who was killed at the Battle of Worringen. In 1364, it was elevated to a county, and remained in the Luxembourg family and their descendants (with an interruption 1476–1510) until 1719, when it was sold to the Duke of Lorraine.

Lords of Ligny

• 1240–1281: Henry
• 1281–1288: Waleran I
• 1288–1303: Henry II
• 1303–1354 Waleran II
• 1354–1364 John I

Counts of Ligny

• 1364–1371 Guy I
• 1371–1415 Waleran III
• 1415–1430 Philip
• 1430–1430 Jeanne
• 1430–1440 John II
• 1440–1475 Louis I
• 1476–1478 Georges de la Trémoille
• 1481–1487 Louis of Bourbon, Count of Roussillon
• 1487–1510 Charles of Bourbon, Count of Roussillon
• 1510–1519 Anthony I
• 1519–1530 Charles I
• 1530–1557 Anthony II
• 1557–1576 John III
• 1576–1608 Charles II
• 1608–1613 François, duc de Piney-Luxembourg
• 1613–1616 Henri, duc de Piney-Luxembourg
• 1616–1680 Marguerite Charlotte, duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
• 1680–1701 Madeleine Charlotte, duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
• 1701–1719 Charles François, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, sold the county to Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine in 1719