Knight of The Golden Fleece
Many of the Princes de Ligne have also been Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The following list is of those Princes, along with their year of investiture:
- 1599 - Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne
- 1646 - Claude-Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne
- 1684 - Henri, 4th Prince of Ligne
- 1721 - Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince of Ligne
- 1772 - Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
- 1846 - Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne
- 1930 - Ernest, 10th Prince of Ligne
- 1954 - Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne
- ???? - Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne
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