John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny

John II of Luxembourg
John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
Lord of Beauvoir and Richebourg as John II
Reign	1397 - 5 January 1441
Predecessor	John I
Successor	Louis
Count of Guise as John I
Reign	1425 - 5 January 1441
Predecessor	René
Successor	Louis I
Count of Ligny as John II
Reign	18 September 1430 - 5 January 1441
Predecessor	Joan
Successor	Louis
Born	1392
Died	5 January 1441
House	House of Luxembourg
House	House of Luxembourg
Father	John I of Beauvoir
Mother	Margaret of Brienne

Coats of Arms of John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.

John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (1392–5 January 1441, Guise) was a French nobleman and soldier, a younger son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir and Marguerite of Enghien.

His older brother Peter received his mother's fiefs, including the County of Brienne, while John received Beauvoir. He took the side of the English during the Hundred Years' War, and carried out a number of chevauchées on behalf of the Regent Bedford. In 1425, he seized the seigneurie of Guise, which he had disputed with René of Anjou.

He joined Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in the Siege of Compiègne in 1430. While the siege was ultimately unsuccessful, a soldier in his company (the Bastard of Vendôme) captured Joan of Arc, whom he sent to Beauvoir as a prisoner. Shortly thereafter, his great-aunt Jeanne of Luxembourg, who was then living with him, died and left him the County of Ligny. Under pressure from England and Burgundy, John ultimately sold Joan to the English for 10,000 livres, thus causing her death.

At his death, he left Ligny and Guise to his nephew Louis.

References

• Genealogy page for John II of Luxembourg

Preceded by Jeanne

Count of Ligny 1430–5 January 1441

Succeeded by Louis I