Prince de Chimay

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

House of Croÿ
Charles I of Croÿ, 1st Prince of Chimay (1455–1527)
 * 1) Anne de Croÿ, princesse de Chimay; married to Philippe II de Croÿ, duc d'Arschot (1496–1549)
 * 2) Charles II of Croÿ, 3rd Prince of Chimay (1522–1551)
 * 3) Philippe III of Croÿ, 4th Prince of Chimay; married to Jeanne of Halewijn.
 * 4) Charles III of Croÿ, 5th Prince of Chimay; married to Marie de Brimeu
 * 5) 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
 * 1) 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)

 * Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1844–1928)
 * Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay (1899–1973)