Charles-Antoine Lamoral, prince de Ligne de La Trémoïlle

Charles-Antoine Marie Louis Eugène Lamoral de Ligne, Prince de Ligne de La Trémoille (born 30 September 1946) is the son of the late Jean Charles, Prince de Ligne de La Trémoille and Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller. He is third cousin once removed of Michel, actual head of the House of Ligne via a common ancestor, Eugène, Prince of Ligne and of the Holy Roman Empire.

Charles-Antoine was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1946.cite news |last=Gladstone |first=Mark |title=Obscure Prince Lobbies for Quixotic State Rail Plan| work=Los Angeles Times | date =1993-06-28 ] He studied law at the Institut Catholique de Paris and hotel administration and management at Cornell University. He married, firstly, Lady Moira Beatrice Forbes, daughter of Arthur Patrick Hastings Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard and Marie Madeleine Faucigny-Lucinge, Princess Faucigny-Lucinge, on 7 October 1971 and were divorced in 1975. He married, secondly, Alyette Isabelle Odile Marie, Princess of Croÿ, daughter of Rodolphe Etienne Alexandra Antoine Marie, Prince of Croÿ, and Odile de Bailleul, on 23 January 1976. they had two sons:

* Edouard Lamoral Rodolphe de Ligne (b. Paris, 27 September 1976)
* Charles Lamoral Joseph Malcolm de Ligne (b. Paris, 25 February 1980)

Charles-Antoine co-founded a company, Larex, Inc., that promoted development along the riverfront of the Los Angeles River corridor, including a possible high-speed train from San Francisco to San Diego. [cite news |last=Gladstone |first=Mark |last2=Colvin |first2=Richard Lee |title=Wilson Vetoes L.A. River Parkway Bill Legislation| work=Los Angeles Times | date =1992-09-29 ]

He is a potential claimant of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 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.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Charles-Antoine Lamoral
2= 2. Jean Charles, Prince de Ligne de La Trémoille
3= 3. Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller
4= 4. Henri Florent Lamoral, prince de Ligne
5= 5. Charlotte de La Trémoille
6= 6. Charles de Lambertye-Gerbevillier
7= 7. Lorraine Sancho-Mata
8= 8. Charles de Ligne, Prince de Ligne
9= 9. Charlotte Josephine de Gontaut-Biron
10= 10. Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille
11= 11. Hélène Pillet-Will
12= 12. Edmond de Lambertye-Gerbevillier
13= 13. Maria Virtudes Martinez de Irujo
14= 14.
15= 15.
16= 16. Eugène de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinoy
17= 17. Jadwiga, Princess Lubomirska
18= 18. Etienne Charles de Gontaut-Biron
19= 19. Charlotte Marie de Fitzjames
20= 20. Louis Charles de La Trémoille
21= 21. Marguerite Duchâtel
22= 22. Frédéric Alexis Louis Pillet-Will
23= 23. Jeanne Marie Clotilde Briatte
24= 24. Ernest, Marquis de Lambertye
25= 25. Marie Charlotte Léontine de Rohan-Chabot
26= 26.
27= 27.
28= 28.
29= 29.
30= 30.
31= 31.

Notes

References

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p5678.htm#i56778 The Peerage.com]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/ligne.html Prodigy.com]

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