Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
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Guy III | |
|---|---|
| Count of Saint-Pol | |
 Coat of arms of the Counts of Blois-Châtillon | |
| Died | 1289 |
| Noble family | Châtillon |
| Spouse | |
Issue | |
| Father | Hugh I, Count of Blois |
| Mother | Mary, Countess of Blois |
Guy III of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1289) was a French nobleman, and a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois, and Mary, Countess of Blois.[1]
While his elder brother John I of Châtillon succeeded to their mother's County of Blois, Guy was given their father's county of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise at his death in 1248.
On January 16, 1255, Guy married Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois, daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Swabia,[2] and thereafter was a supporter of his brother-in-law Henry III against Guelders. They had:
- Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol[3]
- Hugh II, Count of Blois.[4]
- Jacques, lord of Leuze-Châtillon.
- Beatrix (d. 1304), married John I of Brienne, Count of Eu[4]
- Jeanne, married Guillaume III de Chauvigny, Lord of Châteauroux
- Gertrude, married Florent, Lord of Mechelen
Guy joined the Eighth Crusade (1270) and the ill-fated Crusade of Aragón of Philip III of France.
References
[edit]- ↑ Evergates 2007, p. 254.
- ↑ Commire & Klezmer 2001, p. 637.
- ↑ Armstrong 2021, p. 96-97.
- 1 2 Pollock 2015, p. 184.
Sources
[edit]- Armstrong, Abigail S. (2021). "English Royal Family Ties: Edward I and his Breton Nieces". In Bérat, Emma O.; Dumitrescu, Irina; Hardie, Rebecca (eds.). Relations of Power: Women's Networks in the Middle Ages. Bonn University Press. pp. 85–104. ISBN 9783847012429.
- Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812240191.
- Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1843839927.
- Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2001). "Maude of Brabant (1224-1288)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 10: Maa-Mei. Yorkin Publications. pp. 637–638. ISBN 0-7876-4069-7.