Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg

Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg

Princely Count Charles of Arenberg, duke of Aarschot (jure uxoris), baron of Zevenbergen, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, (22 February 1550, in Vollenhove – 18 January 1616, in Enghien) was the second Princely Count of Arenberg[1] and a leading aristocrat of the Habsburg Netherlands, who served as a courtier, soldier, minister and diplomat.

  1. ^ Sources give his title in different ways for example in the treaty between Spain and Great Britain 18/24 1604, Charles of Arenberg was a plenipotentiary and his name is recorded as Charles prince-count of Arenberg Frances Gardiner Davenport, Charles O. Paullin. European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2004 ISBN 1584774223, 9781584774228 pp. 246, 257