Prince of Ligne is one of the most prestigious Belgian noble titles. It goes back to the eleventh century and owes its name to the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai. The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the crusades. They began the progressive rise in the nobility: barons in the twelfth century, counts of Fauquemberg, and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century. Lamoral I received from the emperor Rudolf II the titles of Prince of Ligne and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
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