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Gaucher V of Châtillon was lord of Châtillon from 1290 until 1303, when he became count of Porcien. The title was then sold to Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans in 1400. Other branches of the family were in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (extinguished in 1360), in Blois (extinguished in 1397), and in Penthièvre (extinguished in 1457). [1]
Hugh I, Count of Blois, also known as Hugh I of Châtillon (c. 1198 – 9 April 1248) [1] was jure uxoris Count of Blois from 1230 to 1241, and Count of Saint Pol (as Hugh V) from 1226 to 1248. Hugh was son of Gaucher III of Châtillon and Elisabeth , daughter of Hugo IV, Count of Saint-Pol . [ 1 ]
Seal (sugullum) of Hugh II of Chatillion, count of Blois and lord of Avesn: S[IGILLUM] HUGONIS DE CASTELLIONE COMITIS BLESENSIS ET D[OMI]NI DE AVESNIS. Hugh II of Châtillon (died 1307), son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol, and Matilda of Brabant, was count of St Pol 1289–1292 and Count of Blois 1292–1307. [1]
Louis was the eldest son of Guy I, Count of Blois and Margaret of Valois, the sister of King Philip VI of France. [1] Born into the House of Châtillon, Louis was part of a prestigious military family with strong connections to the royal House of Valois and with great possessions in northeastern France centred around the county of Blois.
He was the son of Hugh I of Châtillon and Marie of Avesnes. [1]In 1254, John married Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy (d. 1287), [1] daughter of John I, Duke of Brittany and Blanche of Navarre.
Charles of Blois (d. 1364) [2] - would marry Joanna, Duchess of Brittany; Charles and the French would engage in the Breton War of Succession against the House of Montfort and the English [3] Marie of Blois, married in 1334 Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346), [4] married secondly Frederick VII , Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
Louis III of Châtillon (died 1372), son of Louis II, Count of Blois and Jeanne of Hainault, was count of Blois and lord of Avesnes 1346–1372, and count of Soissons 1346–1367. The battle of Poitiers. miniature from Chronicles of Froissart.
She was the daughter of John I, Count of Blois and Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy. Joan received the County of Chartres from her father during his life; she later sold these lands to Philip IV of France in 1286. She ceded the lordship of Avesnes to her cousin Hugh before her death. When she died in 1291 the other titles were left to him also.