Waleran III of Luxembourg Count of Ligny, Count of Saint Pol [48996] ¹²⁷

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walram_III_of_Luxemburg-Ligny


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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Saint Pol, 1371. He succeeded his father in 1371, after his death at the Battle of Baesweiler . Waleran was captured at the same battle, but released through the intercession of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Count of Saint Pol 1371\endash 1415

• Captured: sent to Windsor as a prisoner, 1374. In 1374, he was captured by the English before Ardres and sent to Windsor as a prisoner. The English attempted to exchange him for Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch , but without success. In 1380, while a captive, he married Maud Holland (d. 1392), daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent and stepdaughter of Edward, the Black Prince . This allowed him to negotiate down his ransom, and he was released soon afterwards.

Waleran married Matilda Holland [4229] [MRIN: 13701], daughter of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [4221] and Princess Joan the Fair Maid of Kent Plantagenet Pincess of Wales [5411], in 1380. (Matilda Holland [4229] was born about 1359 and died in 1391.)

  Marriage Notes:

In 1374, he was captured by the English before Ardres and sent to Windsor as a prisoner. The English attempted to exchange him for Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch , but without success. In 1380, while a captive, he married Maud Holland (d. 1392), daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent and stepdaughter of Edward, the Black Prince . This allowed him to negotiate down his ransom, and he was released soon afterwards.