Hugh I, Count of Blois
Hugh I of Châtillon ( * after 1197; † April 9, 1248 in Avignon ) was lord of Châtillon, Hugo V. Count of Saint-Pol and marriage as Hugh I, Count of Blois and Dunois and Lord of Guise.
Life
He was the younger son of Walter III. of Châtillon († 1219 House Châtillon), and Elisabeth Saint-Pol († 1240).
When his father's death in 1219 he inherited his dominions Châtillon, Troissy, Crécy and Ancre. After his older brother Guido 's death in 1226, he took over from this, the government of the county of his mother, County of Saint- Pol.
Marriages and descendants
Hugo was married three times. In his first marriage he married Agnes of Bar ( † before 1225 ), daughter of Count Theobald I of Bar The marriage remained childless.
In 1225 he married his second wife Mary of Avesnes, Countess of Blois, daughter and heiress of Walter II of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois. By this marriage Hugo gained from Châtillon the county of Blois and inheritance rights to a number of dominions in northern France: Avesnes, Guise, Condé, Leuze, Landrecies and Trélon. However, ended with the death of his mother in 1230 and his inauguration, not only the house Blois in the Loire Valley, but also the political importance of the county of Blois in France. Hugo himself played no role in French politics. With Mary, he had four children:
- John I († June 28, 1279 ), in 1249, Count of Blois, Chartres and Dunois, lord of Avesnes, Leuze and Guise; ∞ 1254 Alix de Bretagne, born June 6 1243 † August 2, 1288, daughter of John I, Duke of Brittany ( France - house Dreux )
- Guido II († March 12, 1289 ), in 1249, Count of Saint-Pol, Lord of Ancre, Aubigny -en- Artois, etc.; ∞ before 1254 Matilda of Brabant ( † September 29, 1288 ), daughter of Duke Henry II of Brabant, widow of Count Robert I of Artois
- Walter IV († 1261 ), Lord of Châtillon, Crécy, Crèvecœur, Troissy and Marigny
- Hugh II († 1255 )
After the death of Mary, he married his third wife Mathilde de Guines († 1262 ), daughter of Count Arnoul II of Guines (House Ghent) and Beatrix of Bourbourg. This marriage remained childless.
Death
By Matthew Paris Graf has been handed Hugo's death. 1248 Hugo followed the call of King Louis IX. the saint and was with a contingent of about 50 knights on his way to Marseilles, where he wanted to embark on the Sixth Crusade to the Holy Land. In Avignon, there was a skirmish with rebel villagers, in which Hugo was killed. Hugh of Châtillon was buried in the abbey he founded in Pont -aux -Dames.