Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne

Eugène de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinoy
President of the Senate
In office 25 March 1852 – 11 November 1879
Preceded by	Augustin Dumon-Dumortier
Succeeded by	Camille de Tornaco
Personal details
Born	(1804-01-28)28 January 1804 Brussels, France (now Belgium)
Died	20 May 1880(1880-05-20) (aged 76) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Liberal Party
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Eugène François Charles Joseph Lamoral de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinoy (Brussels, 28 January 1804 – Brussels, 20 May 1880), 8th Prince of Ligne and of the Holy Roman Empire was a Belgian diplomat and liberal politician. He was the son of Prince Louis Eugene Marie Lamoral of Ligne and Louise van der Noot de Duras.^[1]

Biography

He became a member of the Belgian parliament, President of the Belgian Senate from 25 March 1852 and 18 July 1879 and Minister of State.

Through his daughter Princess Natalie of Ligne, he was the grandfather of Princess Isabella of Croÿ. One of his sons, Edouard, married Princess Eulalia, daughter of Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels.

See also

• Liberal Party
• Liberalism in Belgium

References

Sources

• Eugène de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinoy
• De Ligne, Albert, Le prince Eugène de Ligne 1804–1880, Brussels, l'Edition Universelle, 1940, 404 p.
• De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (ed.), Le Parlement Belge 1831–1894. Données Biographiques, Brussels, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1996, p. 166–167.
• Douxchamps, José, Présence nobiliaire au parlement belge (1830–1970), Notes généalogiques, Wépion-Namen, José Douxchamps, 2003, p. 74.

Sovereign Princes of Ligne
Michel (2005–Present) Lamoral I (1601–1624) Albert Henri (1624–1641) Claude Lamoral I (1641–1679) Henri (1679–1702) Antoine I (1702–1750) Claude Lamoral II (1750–1766) Charles-Joseph (1766–1814) Eugène I (1814–1880) Louis (1880–1918) Ernest (1918–1937) Eugène II (1937–1960) Baudouin (1960–1985) Antoine II (1985–2005)