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Name: ligny

Type: Cluster

Start: 1101 AD

End: 1795 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Ligny Lordship
  • Ligny County
  • Principality of Ligny
  • Establishment


  • January 1101: Establishment of the Ligny Lordship.
  • Chronology


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    1. Hundred Years´ War


    Were a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France that spanned more than a century (with interruptions) from 1337 to 1453. The immediate causes of the conflicts were the English possessions in France which were at the same time vassals of the French Kingdom, as well as disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal House of Valois. At the end of the war Englans lost all its possessions in France with the exception of the city of Calais.

    1.1.Edwardian War

    Was the first phase of the Hundred Years' War between France and England, lasting from 1337 to 1360.

  • January 1360: Edward III of England led his army into Burgundy, and took Tonnerre.
  • February 1360: After remaining in Tonnerre some days, Edward III of England left the city.

  • 2. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    2.1.War of the First Coalition

    Were a series of wars between the Kingdom of France (later the French Republic) and several European Monarchies. The French Revolution had deteriorated the relations of France with the other European countries, that tried several times to invade France in order to crash the revolutionary government.

  • January 1796: In 1795, the territory of Ligny was annexed by the First French Republic.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


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

  • January 1602: Establishment of the Principality of Ligny.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1796: In 1795, the territory of Ligny was annexed by the First French Republic.
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