Philippe François, 1st Duke of Arenberg


Philippe François de Ligne,, 7th Duke of Aarschot, 1st Duke of Arenberg, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, was the first son of the second marriage of Philippe Charles, Comte d'Arenberg and Isabelle Claire de Berlaymont.
On 14 July 1642 Philippe François married 15-year-old Magdalena de Borja y Doria, the elder sister of Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria. In 1646, aged 21, Philipe was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Their children:
1 François of Arenberg.
2 Isabelle Claire Eugénie of Arenberg.
When he died in December 1674, the title passed to his half-brother, Charles Eugene, Duke of Arenberg, , who was promoted to become a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1678.