Waleran I, Lord of Ligny
Waleran I of Luxembourg( died 5 June 1288 in the Battle of Worringen) was since 1281 Lord of Ligny and La Roche.
He was the second son of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar.
He married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir( died before December 1300), and had:
He 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 .<br>
Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in" Le Tournoi de Chauvency" by trouvère Jacques Bretel.
Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg
Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst( 1505 – 22 January 1573, Oldenburg) was a member of the House of Oldenburg and was the Imperial Count of the Counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst within the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation.
His parents were John V, Count of Oldenburg( 1460- 1525) and Anna of Anhalt- Zerbst.
Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1418 – 19 December 1475) belonged to the Ligny branch of the House of Luxemburg and was Constable of France.
Henry II, Lord of Ligny
Henry II of Luxembourg( died 1303) was Lord of Ligny from 1288 to his death in 1303.
He inherited the Lordship of Ligny from his father in 1288 following his death in the Battle of Worringen.
Following Henry's death, his brother Waleran II succeeded him.
Henry, Count of Looz
Henry( d. 2 August 1218), Count of Looz and Count of Duras, son of Gérard II, Count of Looz, and Adelaide of Gelderland, daughter of Henry I, Count of Guelders, and Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of Louis III of Arnstein.
Henry was Canon of St. Lambert in Liège, Provost of the Franciscans in Maastricht, and Provost of St. Alexander in Aschaffenburg.
Henry was Count of Looz for a few days in 1218, but died of poisoning.
He married Mechtild, daughter of Frederick III, Count of Vlanden.
Henry and Mechtild had one daughter:
He was succeeded as Count of Looz by his brother Arnold, and was the last recorded Count of Duras.
Charles I, Count of Ligny
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[ needs editing: William Byrd was born in 1539 or 1540].
In 1510, he married Charlotte of Estouteville; they had the following children:
Anthony II, Count of Ligny
Anthony II, Count of Ligny( d. 8 February 1557) was a son of Count Charles I and his wife Charlotte of Estouteville.
In 1530, he succeeded his father as count of Ligny and Brienne.
In 1535, he married Margaret, a daughter of René of Savoy, Count of Villars.
They had the following children:
Waleran III, Count of Ligny
Waleran III of Luxembourg( 1355 – 12 April 1415) Count of Ligny and Saint Pol, was a French nobleman and soldier.
Anthony I, Count of Ligny
Anthony I, Count of Ligny (1450–1519) was the youngest son of Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and his wife, Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons.
In 1482, he inherited the County of Brienne from his brother Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol.
After the death of Charles of Bourbon in 1510, Anthony inherited the County of Ligny, which thereby fell back to the House of Luxemburg.
John III, Count of Ligny
John III, Count of Ligny( d. 1 July 1576) was the eldest son of Count Anthony II and his wife Margaret of Savoy.
He succeeded his father as Count of Brienne and Ligny in 1557.
John married Wilhelmina( d. 1592), the daughter of Duke Robert IV of Bouillon.
Together, they had the following children:

Question: Which country Anthony I, Count Of Ligny's father is from?
Answer: France