Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne, Prince of Epinoy, Marquis of Roubaix and Count of Fauquemberg (8 October 1618 – 21 December 1679), was a nobleman from the Spanish Netherlands, a soldier and diplomat in the service of Philip IV of Spain and Charles II of Spain .
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Henri, 4th Prince of Ligne Louise Claire, Duchess of Aveiro Prince François Albert Prince Nicolau Claude Lamoral Alphonse, Count of Faucquenberg Princess Marie Henriette Princess Francisca Procope Hyacinthe, Marquis of Moÿ Princess Ernestina Francisca Charles Joseph, 2nd Marquis of Arronches Prince Vitor
Between 1649 and 1669, he was Captain General of the Spanish Cavalry in the Spanish Netherlands, which was the third highest military position after Captain General and Governor of the Arms.
Painting by François Duchatel commemorating the entry of Lamoral in London in 1660
In 1660, he was sent as representative of the Spanish King to the Royal court of Charles II of England as first foreign recognition of the newly restored English monarchy.[citation needed]
He became Viceroy of Sicily (1670–1674), where he fortified the coastal defences against Turkish pirates, who attacked the local population to abduct and sell them into slavery.[1]
Claude Lamoral, and after his death, his wife Claire Marie, enlarged the Chateau of Belœil and its spectacular French-styled 25 hectare garden, which has a 6 hectare lake in front of the castle. Today the gardens are partially open to the public.[2][3]
Coats of arms of Claude Lamoral de Ligne as Viceroy of Sicily, in Syracuse.
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