Waleran I, Lord of Ligny


Waleran I of Luxembourg was Lord of Ligny and La Roche around 1281.
Waleran was the second son of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. While his older brother Henry VI became Count of Luxembourg like their father, Waleran was the forefather and founder of what became the French branch of the House of Luxembourg, the so-called house of Luxembourg-Ligny.
Waleran married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir, and had:
Waleran was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant. His eldest son, Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.
Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in Le Tournoi de Chauvency by trouvère Jacques Bretel.