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Prince de Chimay

Noble title

Field	Value
name	Prince of Chimay
crest	[[File:Crown of a Prince (Netherlands and Belgium).svg	100px]]
[[File:Blason Joseph Marie Guy Henri Philippe de Riquet (1836-1892).svg	100px]]
region	Belgium
origin	Chimay in Hainaut
estate	Chimay Castle

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 (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)

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

House of Arenberg

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

Alexander of Arenberg, 7th Prince of Chimay; 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); 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); 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)

References

(1866). "Histoire du pays de Chimay". F.-J. Olivier.
(1733). "Histoire de la Maison Royale de France, et des grands officiers de la Couronne".
(20 January 2010). "The Heirs of Europe: CARAMAN-CHIMAY".
Duplat, Guy. (March 18, 2013). "Conte de fées à Chimay". [[La Libre Belgique]].
(2020-02-03). "Château de Chimay {{!}} Home of legends and life stories".

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