Anthony II, Count of Ligny

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Anthony II, Count of Ligny (died 8 February 1557) was the son of Count Charles I and his wife Charlotte of Estouteville. In 1530, he succeeded his father as Count of Ligny and Brienne.

In 1535, he married Margaret, a daughter of René of Savoy, Count of Villars. They had the following children:

• John III (d. 1576)
• François
• Anthony (d. 1573)
• Henry
• Madeleine (d. 1588), married Christophe Jouvenel des Ursins. Marquis de Traînel

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