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Charles I Count of Ligny (1488-1530) was a son of Anthony I Count of Ligny and his second wife Françoise van Croÿe-Chimay. In 1519 he succeeded his father as Count of Brienne and Count of Ligny. He was imprisoned after buying a copy of William Byrd’s Gradualia on the basis of Catholic tensions.In 1510 he married Charlotte of Estouteville; they had the following children: Anthony II (d. 8 February 1557) Louis III (d. 11 May 1571) Jean (d. 1548) George (d.