Walter III of Châtillon

Walter III. of Châtillon (French Gaucher, † October 1219 ), was a gentleman of Châtillon, Troissy, Crécy, Montjay, Broigny and Pierrefonds, as well as by marriage, Count of Saint- Pol.

He was a son of Guido II of Châtillon and Alix of Dreux, a daughter of Count Robert I of Dreux.

Life

Together with his older brother, Guido III. of Châtillon, Walter accompanied King Philip II of France on the Third Crusade, where the brother died in 1191 at the siege of Acre. After his return, he supported the King in the fight against the Plantagenets in Normandy. In 1192 he inherited from a distant relative of the castle of Pierrefonds, which he did a year later eintauschte the king for Clichy. Walter married Elizabeth 1196 († 1240 ), the daughter and heiress of Count Hugo IV of St. Pol. Once this was in 1205 died, the couple took over the county of Saint- Pol as heir.

Walter promoted the creation of Trinitarierklosters near Cerfroi by St. Felix of Valois. From Count Theobald III. He became a Grand Chamberlain of Champagne and of Duke Odo III. appointed to a Seneschal of Burgundy. During the War of Succession in Champagne, he supported the party of the Countess Blanka and her son.

1209 took part in the Albigensian Crusade Gaucher and fought at the siege of Béziers and Carcassonne. In 1214 he fought in the victorious battle of Bouvines for the King of France. In 1219, he took with Prince Louis the Lion again the cross the Albigensian Crusade and participated in the massacre of Marmande. Shortly thereafter, he died.

Progeny

From his marriage he had several children, including:

  • Guido I ( † 1226 ), Count of St. Pol, Lord of Montjay and Broigny
  • Hugh I († 1248 ), Lord of Châtillon, Troissy and Crécy, 1226 Count of Saint-Pol ( V. Hugo ) and in 1231 Count of Blois ( Hugo I. )
  • Eustachia ∞ 1) 1215 Daniel, Lord of Béthune ∞ 2) Robrecht II of Wavrin, Marshal of the County of Flanders
  • Elisabeth ∞ Raoul of Coucy († 1250), son of Raoul I de Coucy
  • Beatrix ∞ Aubert of Hangest, lord of Senlis

Walter had his possessions in his will divided among his sons, the older mainly the maternal and the younger paternal inheritance was supposed to start.

Pierrefonds (Oise) Robert I, Count of Dreux Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Hugh IV, Count of Saint-Pol Theobald III, Count of Champagne Champagne (historical province) Odo III, Duke of Burgundy Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne Louis VIII of France Ralph I, Lord of Coucy Song of the Albigensian Crusade
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