Prince de Chimay

Prince of Chimay is a title of Belgian and Dutch nobility associated with the town of Chimay in what is now Belgium. The title is currently held by Philippe de Caraman-Chimay, 22nd Prince de Chimay (b. 1948). The main residence of the princely family is Chimay Castle (<nowiki/>French: Château de Chimay), which is located in the town of Chimay in the Hainaut province of Belgium.

Counts of Chimay

• Jean II de Croÿ, comte de Chimay (1395–1473)
• Philippe de Croÿ, comte de Chimay (1437–1482)
• Charles de Croÿ, comte de Chimay (1455–1527); elevated to the rank of prince in 1486

Princes of Chimay

House of Croÿ

Charles I of Croÿ, 1st Prince of Chimay (1455–1527)

1. Anne de Croÿ, princesse de Chimay;<br>married to Philippe II de Croÿ, duc d'Arschot (1496–1549)
2. Charles II of Croÿ, 3rd Prince of Chimay (1522–1551)
3. Philippe III of Croÿ, 4th Prince of Chimay;<br>married to Jeanne of Halewijn.
4. Charles III of Croÿ, 5th Prince of Chimay;<br>married to Marie de Brimeu
5. Anne of Croÿ, Princess of Chimay;<br>married to Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg

House of Arenberg

Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg;<br>married to Anne of Croÿ, Princess of Chimay

1. Alexander of Arenberg, 7th Prince of Chimay;<br>married to Madeleine of Egmont

• Albert of Arenberg, 8th Prince of Chimay (died 1648)
• Philippe of Arenberg, 9th Prince of Chimay (died 1675)
• Ernest-Dominique of Arenberg, 10th Prince of Chimay (born 1643)
• Anna-Isabella of Arenberg, Princess of Chimay (1616–1658);<br>married to Eugène de Hénin, 6th Count of Bossu and Marquess of la Vere

House of Hénin-Liétard

• 12 Alexandre Gabriel Joseph de Hénin-Liétard, prince de Chimay (1681–1745)
• 13 Thomas Alexandre Marc Henri de Hénin-Liétard, prince de Chimay (1732–1759)
• 14 Thomas Alexandre Marc Maurice de Hénin-Liétard, prince de Chimay (1759–1761)
• 15 Philippe Gabriel Maurice Joseph de Hénin-Liétard, prince de Chimay (1736–1804)

House of Riquet de Caraman

• 16 François Joseph Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1771–1843)
• 17 Joseph Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1808–1886)
• 18 Marie Joseph Guy Henry Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1836–1892)
• 19 Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1858–1937)
• 20 Joseph Marie Alexandre Pierre Ghislain de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1921–1990) (renounced his titles)
• 21 Élie Marie Charles Pierre Paul de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1924–1980);<br>married to Élisabeth Manset
• 22 Philippe Joseph Marie Jean de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (born 1948)

Prince de Chimay ad personam (1834)

• Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1810–1865)

Prince de Chimay (1865)

• (1844–1928)
• Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1899–1973)

See also

• Chimay Castle
• Hôtel de Chimay

References

External links

• Eupedia page about the family
• Château de Chimay website - main page
• Château de Chimay website - family history
• Princes of Chimay - history