Antoine, 5th Prince of Ligne, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-May-1682
Date of Death: 08-Aug-1750
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Antoine, 5th Prince of Ligne
- Prince of Ligne is a title of Belgian nobility that belongs to the House of Ligne, which goes back to the eleventh century.
- It 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.The Ligne family began a progressive rise in the nobility, first as barons in the twelfth century, then counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century.
- Lamoral I received the titles of Prince of Ligne and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in the early seventeenth century from Emperor Rudolf II.
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