Descendants of
Jean de Ligne, Baron de Barbancon
and Countess Margarethe von der Marck,
Princesse d'Arenberg
(gen 1-8 of 14 generations)
 

       Jean de Ligne 
       Baron de Barbancon 
       Born 1528 
       Died 23 May 1568 Heiligerlee (in battle) 
       Married 18 October 1547 * Grave 
       Countess Margarethe von der Marck, Princesse d'Arenberg, 
       daughter of Robert II von der Marck, Seigneur de Mirwart, 
       Neuchateau, Lomprez and Walburga van Egmond 
       Born 15 February 1527 Reckheim 
       Died 18 February 1599 Zevenbergen 
                 Children, Generation I 

       Generation I 
            1  Charles de Ligne 
               Prince d'Arenberg, Duc d'Aerschot 
               Born 22 February 1550 Vollenhove 
               Died 18 January 1616 Enghien, Hainaut 
               Married 4 January 1587 Beaumont 
               Anne de Croy, 5.Duchesse d'Aerschot et de Croy, daughter of 
               Philippe III de Croy, 3.Duc d'Aerschot, Prince de Chimay 
               and Johanna Henriette van Halewyn 
               Born 4 January 1564 Beaumont 
               Died 26 February 1635 Enghien 
                         Children, Generation II-1 

            2  Marguerite de Ligne-Arenberg 
               Born 24 February 1552 
               Died 24 February 1611 
               Married 7 June 1569 
               Comte Philippe de Lalaing, Baron de Escornaix, son of Comte 
               Charles II de Lalaing, Baron d'Escornaix and Marguerite de 
               Croy, Dame de Wavrin 
               Born 1537 
               Died 1582 

            3  Emmanuel de Ligne 
               Born 1 March 1556 
               Died 15 July 1561 

            4  Antonia Wilhelmina d'Arenberg 
               Born 1 March 1557 
               Died 26 February 1626 
               Married 10 December 1577 Bonn 
               Count Salentin IX von Isenburg-Grenzau, son of Count 
               Heinrich von Isenburg-Grenzau and Countess Margaretha von 
               Wertheim 
               Born 1532 
               Died 19 March 1610 Burg Arenfels 

            5  Christian de Ligne 
               Born 12 August 1560 
               Died 12 May 1566 

            6  Prince Robert d'Arenberg 
               Prince de Barbancon 
               Born 11 November 1564 
               Died 2 March 1614 
               Married June 1588 
               Countess Claudia zu Salm, Wild- und Rheingraefin in Dhaun, 
               daughter of Count Johann Philipp von Salm, Wild- und 
               Rheingraf in Dhaun and Diane de Dompmartin-Fontenay, 
               Comtesse de Fontenay 
               Born 12 November 1569 
               Died February 1632 
                         Children, Generation II-2 

       II-1 (I-1) 
            1  Philippe Charles 
               2.Fuerst von Arenberg, Duc d'Arschot 
               Born 18 October 1587 Barbencon 
               Died 25 September 1640 Madrid 
               Married (1) 21 September 1610 
               Pierre Hippolyte Anne de Melun, Baronesse de Caumont, 
               daughter of Pierre de Melun, 3.Prince d'Epinoy, Baron 
               d'Antoing and Hippolyte de Montmorency 
               Died 16 February 1615 
               Married (2) 28 June 1620 
               Isabelle Claire de Berlaymont, Comtesse de Lalaing, 
               daughter of Floris de Berlaymont, Baron de Hierges et 
               Floyon and Comtesse Maria Margaretha de Lalaing, Baronesse 
               d'Escornaix 
               Born 18 August 1602 
               Died 9 August 1630 
               Married (3) 29 March 1632 
               Countess Maria Cleopha von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 
               daughter of Karl II, Count von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and 
               Elisabeth van Pallant, Countess van Culemborg 
               Born 11 June 1599 
               Died 26 February 1685 Messenkirch 
                         Children, Generation III-1 

            2  Charles d'Arenberg 
               Born 3 November 1588 
               Died 21 April 1613 Rome 

            3  Princesse Ernestine d'Arenberg 
               Born 31 October 1589 
               Died 12 June 1653 
               Married 13 November 1615 
               Guillaume de Melun, 4.Prince d'Epinoy, son of Pierre de 
               Melun, 3.Prince d'Epinoy, Baron d'Antoing and Hippolyte de 
               Montmorency 
               Born 8 March 1588 
               Died 8 September 1635 

            4  Alexander de Ligne-Arenberg 
               Prince de Chimay, Duc de Croy 
               Born 1590 
               Died 16 August 1629 (in battle) 
               Married 1613 
               Magdalena van Egmond, daughter of Karel, 7.Count van 
               Egmond, Prince de Gavre and Marie de Lens, Baronesse 
               d'Aubigny 
               Died 7 November 1663 Koeln 
                         Children, Generation III-2 

            5  Salentin d'Arenberg 
               Born 14 December 1591 
               Died 10 August 1592 

            6  Antoine d'Arenberg 
               Comte de Seneghem 
               Born 21 February 1593 
               Died 5 June 1669 

            7  Claude d'Arenberg 
               Born 20 August 1594 
               Died 1670 
               Married (1) 10 May 1609 
               Bertin Spinola, Comte de Bruay 
               Married (2) 25 February 1622 
               Ottavio Visconti, Comte de Gamalerio 

            8  Albertine d'Arenberg 
               Born 28 May 1596 
               Died 19 July 1652 
               Married 10 December 1617 
               Baron Hermann Philippe de Merode-Houffalize, Marquis de 
               Trelon, Comte de Bocarme, son of Baron Philippe de Merode 
               and Ursula de Merode, Heiress of Argenteau 
               Born 20 June 1590 
               Died 3 April 1627 

            9  Eugene d'Arenberg 
               Comte de Seneghem 
               Born 12 July 1600 
               Died 18 September 1635 

            10 Dorothee de Ligne-Arenberg 
               Born 26 November 1601 
               Died 1665 
               Married 15 April 1628 * 
               Philippe Lamoral de Hornes, Comte de Houtekercke et de 
               Herlies, son of Lamoral de Hornes, Count de Houtekerke and 
               Juliana de Merode 
               Born 25 May 1602 
               Died 18 February 1654 

            11 Caroline Ernestine d'Arenberg 
               Born 6 September 1606 
               Died 12 September 1630 
               Married 1 September 1625 
               Count Ernst von Isenburg-Grenzau, son of Count Salentin IX 
               von Isenburg-Grenzau and Antonia Wilhelmina d'Arenberg 
               Born 1584 
               Died 30 May 1664 

       II-2 (I-6) 
            1  Albert 
               Prince et Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 22 July 1600 
               Died April 1674 
               Married 6 May 1616 
               Marie de Barbancon, daughter of Evrard de Barbancon, 
               Vicomte de Dave, Seigneur de Villemont and Countess Luise 
               von Ostfriesland 
               Born 20 April 1602 
               Died after 1675 
                         Children, Generation III-3 

      III-1 (II-1-1) 
        (1) 1  Princesse & Comtesse Claire Eugenie d'Arenberg 
               Baronesse de Caumont 
               Born 23 October 1611 
               Died 24 December 1660 
               Married 8 November 1635 * 
               Albert de Ligne, Prince de Chimay et de Croy d'Arenberg, 
               son of Alexander de Ligne-Arenberg, Prince de Chimay, Duc 
               de Croy and Magdalena van Egmond 
               Born 15 February 1618 
               Died 16 November 1643 
                         S.P. 

            2  Princesse & Comtesse Anne Marie d'Arenberg 
               baptised 15 February 1613 
               Died 1626 

        (2) 3  Princesse & Comtesse Marie Desiree d'Arenberg 
               Born 24 June 1624 
               Died after 1640 

            4  Philippe Francois 
               1.Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 30 July 1625 
               Died 17 December 1674 
               Married 14 July 1642 
               Magdalena de Borja y Doria, daughter of Francisco III de 
               Borja, 8.Duque de Gandia and Artemisia de Doria-Carretto 
               Born 16 December 1627 
               Died 21 June 1700 
                         Children, Generation IV-1

            5  Princesse & Comtesse Marguerite d'Arenberg 
               baptised 3 November 1626 
               Died 18 July 1651 
               Married 28 April 1649 
               Eugene de Montmorency, 2.Prince de Robecq, son of Jean de 
               Montmorency, 1.Prince de Robecq, Marquis de Morbecque and 
               Madeleine de Lens 
               Died January 1683 

            6  Princesse & Comtesse Jeanne Ernestine Francoise d'Arenberg 
               Born 9 April 1628 Bruxelles 
               Died 12 October 1663 Bruxelles 
               Married May 1656 
               Alexandre Hippolyte Balthazard, Duc et Prince de 
               Bournonville, son of Alexandre de Bournonville, 1.Duc de 
               Bournonville, Comte de Henin-Lietard and Anne de Melun 
               Born 5 January 1616 
               Died 20 August 1690 Pamplona 

            7  Princesse & Comtesse Klara Isabella d'Arenberg 
               Born 2 November 1629 Bruxelles 
               Died 7 September 1670 Messkirch 
               Married 26 December 1648 Lindau am Bodensee 
               Maximilian Willibald, Count von Waldburg zu Wolfegg, son of 
               Heinrich, Count von Waldburg-Wolfegg and Countess Marie 
               Jakobe von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 
               Born 18 September 1604 Wolfegg 
               Died 30 January 1667 Amberg 

        (3) 8  Charles Eugene 
               2.Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 8 May 1633 Bruxelles 
               Died 25 June 1681 Mons, Hainaut 
               Married 19 June 1660 Dole, Jura 
               Marie Henriette de Cusance et de Vergy, Marquise de 
               Varambon, Comtesse de Champlitte, daughter of Claude 
               Francois de Cusance, Baron de Belvoir et de Saint-Julien 
               and Ernestine van Witthem, Comtesse de Walhain 
               Born 1639 
               Died 8 May 1701 
                         Children, Generation IV-2 

            9  Princesse Marie Therese d'Arenberg 
               Born 2 April 1639 
               Died 18 January 1705 
               Married 4 January 1660 Bruxelles 
               Count Franz Christoph von Fuerstenberg, son of Count 
               Wratislaus II von Fuerstenberg and Countess Johanna Eleonora 
               von Helfenstein, Heiress of Messkirch 
               Born 28 July 1625 
               Died 22 September 1671 Huefingen 

      III-2 (II-1-4) 
            1  Isabelle Francoise de Ligne 
               Princesse de Chimay et d'Arenberg 
               Born May 1615
               Died 16 January 1677 
               Married 5 July 1636 * 
               Lodovico Gonzaga, Markgrave of Mantua 
               Died 1660 

            2  Anne Isabelle de Ligne 
               Princesse de Chimay et d'Arenberg 
               Born 1616 
               Died 1658 
               Married 8 October 1641 
               Eugene de Henin-Lietard, Comte de Boussu, Marquis de Vere 
               et Vlissingen, son of Maximilien de Henin-Lietard, 3.Comte 
               de Boussu, Baron de Liedekerke and Alexandrine de Gavre 
               Died 18 December 1656 

            3  Albert de Ligne 
               Prince de Chimay et de Croy d'Arenberg 
               Born 15 February 1618 
               Died 16 November 1643 
               Married 8 November 1635 * 
               Princesse & Comtesse Claire Eugenie d'Arenberg, Baronesse 
               de Caumont, daughter of Philippe Charles, 2.Fuerst von 
               Arenberg, Duc d'Arschot and Pierre Hippolyte Anne de Melun, 
               Baronesse de Caumont 
               Born 23 October 1611 
               Died 24 December 1660 
                         S.P. 

            4  Philippe de Ligne-Arenberg 
               Prince de Chimay et de Croy d'Arenberg 
               Born 8 May 1619 
               Died 12 January 1675 
               Married 24 February 1642 
               Theodore Maximilienne de Gavre, Comtesse de Fresin, 
               daughter of Pierre Ernest de Gavre, Comte de Fresin, Baron 
               d'Inchy and Countess Elisabeth Katharina von der Marck 
               Died November 1676 
                         Children, Generation IV-3 

      III-3 (II-2-1) 
            1  Princess & Duchess Isabelle d'Arenberg 
               Born 1623 Barbancon 
               Died 17 August 1678 Paris 
               Married (1) 4 November 1637 * 
               Comte Albert Francois de Lalaing, Comte de Hoogstraeten, 
               son of Charles de Lalaing, Comte de Hoogstraeten and 
               Alexandrine de Langlee et de Wavrin 
               Born 1610 
               Died 1643 
               Married (2) 15 May 1651 Bruxelles 
               Duke Ulrich von Wurttemberg, son of Johann Friedrich, Duke 
               von Wurttemberg 1608-1628 and Markgraefin Barbara Sophie von 
               Brandenburg 
               Born 15 May 1617 Stuttgart 
               Died 5 December 1671 Stuttgart 

            2  Prince & Duc Jacques Claude d'Arenberg 
               Born 13 March 1624 
               Died 1644 

            3  Princesse & Duchesse Dorothee Caroline d'Arenberg 
               Died 7 May 1642 

            4  Prince & Duc Octave d'Arenberg 
               Born 12 March 1643 
               Died 29 July 1693 (in battle) 
               Married 17 January 1672 
               Teresa Maria Manrique de Lara 
                         S.P. 

       IV-1 (III-1-4) 
            1  Francois d'Arenberg 
               Born 5 September 1643 
               Died 10 September 1643 

            2  Isabelle Claire Eugenie d'Arenberg 
               Born 12 July 1644 
               Died 5 October 1655 

       IV-2 (III-1-8) 
            1  Philippe Charles Francois 
               3.Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 14 May 1663 
               Died 25 August 1691 Peterwardein (in battle) 
               Married 12 February 1684 Bruxelles 
               Donna Maria Enrietta del Caretto, Marchesa de Savona y 
               Grana, daughter of Don Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marchese 
               de Savona y Grana and Countess Maria Theresia zu 
               Herberstein 
               Born 20 September 1671 Wien 
               Died 22 February 1744 Drogenbos, Brabant 
                        Children, Generation V-1 

            2  Prince Alexandre Joseph d'Arenberg 
               Born 24 May 1664 
               Died 7 July 1683 Pannonien 

            3  Maria Theresia d'Arenberg 
               Born 25 July 1666 
               Died 31 May 1716 
               Married (1) 10 June 1683 
               Don Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marchese de Savona y Grana, 
               son of Don Francesco del Caretto, Marchese di Grana, Conte 
               di Millesimo and Margarethe Fugger 
               Born 1639 
               Died 15 June 1685 Mariemont, Hainaut 
               Married (2) 10 February 1687 
               Lodewijk Ernst van Egmond, son of Philips Lodewijk, 9.Count 
               van Egmond, Prince de Gavre and Maria Ferdinanda de Croy 
               Born 1666 
               Died 17 September 1693 Bruxelles 
                         S.P. 

       IV-3 (III-2-4) 
            1  Ernest Alexandre Dominique de Ligne-Arenberg 
               Prince de Chimay et de Croy d'Arenberg 
               Born 26 December 1643 
               Died 3 June 1686 
               Married 18 October 1675 
               Maria Antonia de Cardenas, daughter of Diego de Cardenas 
               and Mariana de Ulloa Zuniga y Velasco 
               Died 28 August 1691 
                         S.P. 

        V-1 (IV-2-1) 
            1  Marie Anne de Croy de Ligne d'Arenberg 
               Princesse d'Aerschot 
               Born 30 August 1689 
               Died 29 April 1736 
               Married (1) 20 November 1707 Bruxelles 
               Francois Egon de La Tour d'Auvergne, Comte d'Auvergne, 
               Marquis de Bergen-op-Zoom, son of Frederique Maurice de La 
               Tour d'Auvergne, Comte d'Auvergne, Marquis de 
               Bergen-op-Zoom and Princess Francoise von 
               Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Marquise de Bergen-op-Zoom 
               Born 15 December 1675 
               Died 26 July 1710 Douay 
               Married (2) February 1712 
               NN, Marquis de Messu 

            2  Leopold Philippe 
               Prince et 4.Duc d'Arenberg                     
               Born 14 October 1690 Bruxelles 
               Died 4 March 1754 Heverle 
               Married 29 March 1711 Bruxelles 
               Donna Maria Francesca Pignatelli, Duchesse de Bisaccia, 
               Comtesse van Egmond, daughter of Niccolo Pignatelli, Duca 
               di Bisaccia and Maria Clara Angelica van Egmond 
               Born 4 June 1696 Bruxelles 
               Died 3 May 1766 Bruxelles 
                         Children, Generation VI-1 

       VI-1 (V-1-2) 
            1  Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg 
               Born 26 October 1714 
               Died 13 April 1793 
               Married 7 December 1735 
               August Georg Simpert, Markgraf von Baden-Baden 1761-1771, 
               son of Ludwig Wilhelm, Markgraf von Baden-Baden and Duchess 
               Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Duchess of Saxony 
               Born 14 January 1706 
               Died 21 October 1771 
                         S.P. 

            2  Princess Marie Adelaide Anne d'Arenberg 
               Born 30 September 1719 
               Died 23 February 1792 

            3  Charles Marie Raymond 
               Prince et 5.Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 1 April 1721 Enghien 
               Died 17 August 1778 Enghien 
               Married 18 June 1748 Paris 
               Louise Marguerite von der Marck, Comtesse de La Marck et de 
               Schleiden, daughter of Count Louis Engelbert von der Marck, 
               Count von Schleiden, Marquis de Vardes and Marie Anne 
               Hyacinthe de Visdelou, Dame de Bienassis 
               Born 18 August 1730 Paris 
               Died 18 August 1820 Heverle 
                         Children, Generation VII-1 

            4  Princess Marie Flore d'Arenberg 
               Born 23 October 1722 
               Died 10 February 1776 
               Married 12 January 1744 
               Comte Jean Charles Joseph de Merode-Montfort, son of Comte 
               Joachim Maximilian de Merode-Montfort, Marquis de Deynze 
               and Comtesse Therese Jeanne de Merode 
               Born 3 December 1719 
               Died 10 August 1774 
                         S.P. 

            5  Princess Marie Eulalie Augustine d'Arenberg 
               Born 30 October 1726 
               Died 14 December 1745 

            6  Prince Leopold Charles Marie d'Arenberg 
               Born 13 September 1730 
               Died 7 March 1735 

      VII-1 (VI-1-3) 
            1  Prince et Duc Francois d'Arenberg 
               Born 2 July 1749 
               Died 31 March 1751 

            2  Louis Pierre 
               6.Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 3 August 1750 Bruxelles 
               Died 7 March 1820 Bruxelles 
               Married 19 January 1773 Paris 
               Louise Antoinette de Brancas-Villars, Comtesse de 
               Lauraguais, daughter of Louis Leon Felicite de Brancas, Duc 
               de Lauraguais, Duc de Brancas and Elisabeth Pauline de 
               Gand-Vilain de Merode de Montmorency, Princesse d'Isenghien 
               Born 23 November 1755 Paris 
               Died 10 August 1812 Paris 
                         Children, Generation VIII-1 

            3  Princess & Duchess Leopoldine d'Arenberg 
               Born 31 July 1751 Bruxelles 
               Died 26 August 1812 Prag, Bohemia 
               Married 30 August 1781 Bruxelles 
               Joseph Nicolaus, Count von Windisch-Graetz, son of Leopold 
               Karl Joseph, Count von Windisch-Graetz and Countess Maria 
               Antonia von Khevenhueller 
               Born 6 December 1744 Wien 
               Died 24 January 1802 Stekna, Slovenia 

            4  Princess Marie Flore d'Arenberg 
               Born 25 June 1752 Bruxelles 
               Died 15 April 1832 Bruxelles 
               Married 18 April 1771 Chateau de Heverle 
               Wolfgang, 3.Duc d'Ursel, son of Charles, 2.Duc d'Ursel and 
               Princess Marie Eleonore von Lobkowicz 
               Born 28 April 1750 Bruxelles 
               Died 17 May 1804 Bruxelles 

            5  Prince & Duc Auguste d'Arenberg 
               Born 30 August 1753 
               Died 26 September 1833 
               Married 23 November 1774 
               Marie Le Danois, Marquise de Cernay, Baronesse de Bousies, 
               daughter of Joseph Francois Le Danois, Marquis de 
               Joffreville and Marie Francoise Le Danois de Cernay, 
               Marquise de Bousies 
               Born 3 September 1757 
               Died 12 September 1810 
                         Children, Generation VIII-2 

            6  Prince et Duc Charles Joseph d'Arenberg 
               Born 18 April 1755 
               Died 28 May 1775 

            7  Prince Louis Marie d'Arenberg 
               Born 19 February 1757 Bruxelles 
               Died 30 March 1795 Rome 
               Married (1) 26 June 1788 Paris 
               Comtesse Anne de Mailly-Nesle, Dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine, 
               daughter of Marquis Louis Joseph de Mailly-Nesle, Prince 
               d'Orange et de Neufchatel and Adelaide Julie de Hautefort, 
               Mademoiselle de Montignac 
               Born 1766 Paris 
               Died 24 December 1789 Paris 
               Married (2) 13 February 1792 Div.1794 
               Princess Elisaveta Borrisovna Chakhovskaia, daughter of 
               Prince Boris Grigorievitch Chakhovskoi and Baronesse 
               Varvara Alexandrovna Stroganova 
               Born 29 November 1773 Moscou 
               Died 27 October 1796 
                         Children, Generation VIII-3

            8  Princesse Marie Louise d'Arenberg 
               Born 29 January 1764 Bruxelles 
               Died 1 March 1835 Wien 
               Married 24 September 1781 Heverle nr Louvain 
               Ludwig Joseph Maximilian, 2.Fuerst von Starhemberg, son of 
               Georg Adam, 1.Fuerst von Starhemberg and Princess Franziska 
               zu Salm-Salm 
               Born 12 March 1762 Paris 
               Died 2 September 1833 Castle Durnstein 

     VIII-1 (VII-1-2) 
            1  Princess & Duchess Pauline d'Arenberg 
               Born 2 September 1774 Caudenberg nr Bruxelles 
               Died 2 July 1810 Paris (burnt to death) 
               Married 25 May 1794 Heverle 
               Joseph Johann, 6.Fuerst zu Schwarzenberg, son of Johann 
               Joseph, Fuerst zu Schwarzenberg and Countess Maria Eleonore 
               zu Oettingen-Wallerstein 
               Born 27 June 1769 Wien 
               Died 19 December 1833 Frauenberg 

            2  Prosper Louis 
               7.Duc d'Arenberg 
               Born 28 April 1785 Enghien 
               Died 27 February 1861 Bruxelles 
               Married (1) 1 February 1808 Paris (Div.1816/1818) 
               Stephanie Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, daughter of Robert 
               Marguerite Tascher de La Pagerie, Baron de Tascher and 
               Louise Leroux de La Chapelle 
               Born 4 August 1788 Fort Royal, Martinique 
               Died 26 October 1832 Paris 
               Married (2) 26 January 1819 Horin nr Prag 
               Princess Ludmilla von Lobkowicz, daughter of Anton, Fuerst 
               von Lobkowicz and Countess Maria Sidonia Kinsky von 
               Wchinitz und Tettau 
               Born 15 March 1798 Horin nr Prag 
               Died 10 January 1868 Bruxelles 
                         Children, Generation IX-1 

            3  Prince & Duc Philemon Paul Marie d'Arenberg 
               Born 10 January 1788 
               Died 22 January 1844 

            4  Prince & Duc Pierre d'Arenberg 
               Born 2 October 1790 Paris 
               Died 27 September 1877 Bruxelles 
               Married (1) 26 January 1829 Paris 
               Alix de Talleyrand-Perigord, daughter of Augustin Charles 
               de Talleyrand-Perigord, Duc de Perigord, Prince de Chalais 
               and Marie de Choiseul-Praslin 
               Born 4 November 1808 Paris 
               Died 21 September 1842 Paris 
               Married (2) 19 June 1860 Wien 
               Countess Caroline von Kaunitz-Rietberg, daughter of Alois 
               Wenzel, Fuerst von Kaunitz-Rietberg and Franziska Ungnadin, 
               Graefin von Weissenwolff 
               Born 27 May 1801 Wien 
               Died 18 June 1875 Goertz 
                         Children, Generation IX-2 

            5  Prince & Duc Philippe Joseph d'Arenberg 
               Born 3 October 1794 
               Died 7 March 1815 

     VIII-2 (VII-1-5) 
            1  Prince & Duc Ernest Engelbert d'Arenberg 
               Born 25 May 1777 
               Died 20 November 1857 
               Married (1) 2 April 1800 
               Countess Maria Theresia von Windisch-Graetz, daughter of 
               Joseph Nicolaus, Count von Windisch-Graetz and Countess 
               Maria Josefa Erdody de Monyorokerek et Monoszlo 
               Born 4 March 1774 
               Died 22 January 1841 
               Married (2) 26 September 1842 Odenburg 
               Princess Sophie von Auersperg, daughter of Prince Karl von 
               Auersperg and Augusta von Lenthe 
               Born 8 January 1811 
               Died 15 February 1901 Salzburg 
                         Children, Generation IX-3  

     VIII-3 (VII-1-7) 
        (1) 1  Princess Amalie d'Arenberg 
               Born 10 April 1789 Bruxelles
               Died 4 April 1823 Bamberg 
               Married 26 May 1807 Bruxelles 
               Duke Pius in Bavaria, son of Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria and 
               Pfalzgraefin Marie Anne von Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld 
               Born 1 August 1786 Landshut 
               Died 3 August 1837 Bayreuth 

        (2) 2  Catherine Marie Louise d'Arenberg 
               Born 1 December 1792 
               Died 1 August 1794