Guy I, Count of Ligny

Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – 23 August 1371) was Count of Saint-Pol (1360–1371) and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1364–1371).

Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny
Born	1340
Died	23 August 1371(1371-08-23) (aged 30–31) Baesweiler
Noble family	Luxembourg
Spouse(s)	Mahaut of Châtillon
Father	John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
Mother	Alix of Dampierre

He was the son of John I and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg.

Guy participated in the Battle of Baesweiler (present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant on the one side, and William II, Duke of Jülich and Edward, Duke of Guelders on the other side. Guy was killed during the battle.^[1]

According to the chronicler Jan van Boendale who wrote in the Brabantsche Yeesten, Guy lay wounded and abandoned on the battlefield, until he was discovered by a scavenger the next day, who killed and robbed him.^{[citation needed]} When this plunderer tried later to sell his booty, he was hanged.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and children

In 1354, Guy married Mahaut de Châtillon (1335–1378), Countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Jean de Châtillon-Saint-Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes,^[2] and had:

• Waleran III (1356–1415), Count of Ligny and of Saint-Pol^[2]
• Pierre (1369–1387), bishop of Metz and cardinal,^[3] beatified in 1527
• Margaret, married in 1377 Peter of Enghien, died in 1384, and in 1396 with Jean III de Werchin et Cysoing, died at the Battle of Agincourt
• John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir (1370–1397), married Margaret, Countess of Brienne.^[4] He started a cadet branch of the House of Saint-Pol and was the father of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.
• André (died 1396), Bishop of Cambrai
• Marie, married Jean de Condé (died 1391), and Simon, count of Salm (died 1397)
• Joan, Countess of Ligny (died 1430)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Guy I, Count of Ligny

8. Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny 4. Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny 9. Joanna of Beauvoir 2. John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny 10. John IV of Lille 5. Guyotte of Lille 11. Béatrix of Clermont 1. Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny 12. William IV of Dendermonde 6. Guy V of Richebourg 13. Alix of Clermont 3. Alix of Dampierre 14. Nicholas III of Putten 7. Beatrix of Putten 15. Aleida of Strijen

References

1. Boffa 2004, p. 42.
2. Bubenicek 2002, p. 262.
3. Brown-Grant & Damen 2022, p. 189.
4. Gregory, Baldwin & Jones 2011, p. 48.

Sources

• Boffa, Sergio (2004). Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406, Volume 17. The Boydell Press.
• Brown-Grant, Rosalind; Damen, Mario, eds. (2022). A Chivalric Life: The Book of the Deeds of Messire Jacques de Lalaing. The Boydell Press.
• Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle. Ecole de Chartes.
• Gregory, Philippa; Baldwin, David; Jones, Michael, eds. (2011). The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother. Simon & Schuster Inc.

Guy I, Count of Ligny House of Luxembourg-Ligny Born: 1340 Died: 23 August 1371
Preceded by Guy V	Count of Saint-Pol (jure uxoris) 1360–1371	Succeeded by Waleran III
Preceded by John I	Count of Ligny 1364–1371