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| name        = Waleran I, Lord of Ligny
| image       = Worringen.jpg
| image_size  = 150px
| caption     = Battle of Worringen
| succession  = [[Counts of Ligny|Lord of Ligny]] and [[La Roche-en-Ardenne|La Roche]]
| reign       = 1281–1288
| predecessor = [[Henry V, Count of Luxembourg|Henry I]]
| successor   = [[Henry II, Lord of Ligny|Henry II]]
| house       = [[House of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]
| father      = [[Henry V, Count of Luxembourg|Henry V of Luxembourg-Ligny]]
| mother      = [[Margaret of Bar]]
| spouse      = Jeanne of Beaurevoir
| issue       = [[Henry II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny]] <br>[[Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny]] <br> Philipotte of Luxembourg<br> Elisabeth of Luxembourg<br> Marguerite of Luxembourg <br> Marie of Luxembourg
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| death_date  = 5 June 1288
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'''Waleran I of Luxembourg''' (died 5 June 1288 in the [[Battle of Worringen]]<ref>Jean Hocsemius, "''Lutzilburgensis comes...Waleranus...frater eius, et frater Coloniensis archiepiscopi''"</ref>) was [[Lord of Ligny]] and [[La Roche-en-Ardenne|La Roche]] around 1281.
He was the second son of [[Henry V, Count of Luxembourg]] and [[Margaret of Bar]]. While is older brother [[Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg|Henry VI]] became Count of Luxembourg like their father, Waleran I is the forefather and founder of what became the french branch of the [[House of Luxembourg]], the so-called house of ''Luxembourg-Ligny''.<ref>''Gesta Baldewini de Luczenburch''</ref><ref>Du Chesne (1631), Luxembourg, Preuves</ref>
He married Jeanne, Dame de [[Beaurevoir]] (died before December 1300), and had:
* [[Henry II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny|Henry II]], died 1303, 1295 Lord of Ligny
* [[Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny|Waleran II]] (1275–1354) Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Beauvoir, married Guyotte Châtelaine de Lille († 1338)
* Philipotte
* Elisabeth
* Marguerite, nun
* Marie (died 1337), married Jean de Ghistelles (killed in 1346 in the [[Battle of Crécy]])
He was killed together with his brother [[Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg]] in the [[Battle of Worringen]] against [[John I, Duke of Brabant]]. His eldest son, [[Henry II, Lord of Ligny|Henry II of Ligny]], succeeded him.
Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in ''[[Le Tournoi de Chauvency]]'' by [[trouvère]] [[Jacques Bretel]].
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{{S-ttl| title  = [[Count of Ligny]]
| years  = 1281–1288 }}
{{S-aft| after  = [[Henry II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny|Henry II]] }}
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