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Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne

1735 - 1814

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Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne in French; in German Karl-Joseph Lamoral 7. Fürst von Ligne (also known as Karl Fürst von Ligne or Fürst de Ligne): (23 May 1735 – 13 December 1814) was a field marshal, inhaber of an infantry regiment, prolific writer, intellectual, member of the princely family of Ligne. He fought as a field officer during several famous battles during the Seven Years' War and briefly returned to military duty in the War of the Bavarian Succession. He performed an important diplomatic mission to Catherine the Great in 1787 and led troops against the Turks at Belgrade in 1789. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne is the 5,657th most popular politician (down from 5,222nd in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 176th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Belgian Politician.

Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne was most famous for his work as a diplomat and his writing.

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Among politicians, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne ranks 5,657 out of 19,576. Before him are Anna Leopoldovna, Ulpia Marciana, Julio María Sanguinetti, Thorkell the Tall, Werner Naumann, and King Cheng of Zhou. After him are Jan Zamoyski, Al-Mansur Billah, Philipp Bouhler, Tadukhipa, Vera Zasulich, and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne ranks 6. Before him are John Adams, Johann Christian Bach, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Crown Prince Sado, and François Christophe de Kellermann. After him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Ibrahim Bey, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, and Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti. Among people deceased in 1814, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne ranks 10. Before him are Maria Carolina of Austria, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Benjamin Thompson, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, and Marie-Louise O'Murphy. After him are Arthur Phillip, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, and Matthew Flinders.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne ranks 192 out of 1,190. Before him are Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Juliana of Liège (1193), Constantin Meunier (1831), Alexander Agricola (1446), and Lara Fabian (1970). After him are The Singing Nun (1933), Clara Peeters (1594), Raymond Goethals (1921), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), and Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne ranks 57. Before him are Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Leo Tindemans (1922), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), and Henri, Count of Paris (1933). After him are Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Paul van Zeeland (1893), Ida of Lorraine (1040), Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Wilfried Martens (1936), and Hubert Pierlot (1883).

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