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Habsburg Austrian Field Marshal, writer and intellectual (1735-1814)

Also known as: Charles Joseph de Ligne, Carl de Ligne, Carl Joseph von Ligne, Charles de Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, Karl Fürst von Ligne

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Known works

Memoirs of Prince Eugene, of Savoy
Œuvres choisies du prince de Ligne (1978)
Lettres et pensées (1989)
Lettres du prince de Ligne à la mise de Coigny pendant l'année 1787
Lettres à la marquise de Coigny (1914)