Polity Ligny County

This article is about the specific polity Ligny County and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a lordship and then a county and a principality of the Holy Roman Empire that centered on the city of Ligny (Belgium) and its surroundings.

Establishment

  • January 1545: Ligny is elevated to a Holy Roman Empire county.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1602: Establishment of the Principality of Ligny.