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Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
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Guy III of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1289) was a French nobleman, and was a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois, and Mary, Countess of Blois.[1]
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Guy III | |
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Count of Saint-Pol | |
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Died | 1289 |
Noble family | Châtillon |
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Father | Hugh I, Count of Blois |
Mother | Mary, Countess of Blois |
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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, he married Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois,[2] daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen, and thereafter was a supporter of his brother-in-law Henry III against Guelders. They had:
- Hugh II, Count of Blois.[3]
- Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol.
- Jacques, lord of Leuze-Châtillon.
- Beatrix (d. 1304), married John I of Brienne, Count of Eu[3]
- Jeanne, married Guillaume III de Chauvigny, Lord of Châteauroux
He joined the Eighth Crusade (1270) and the ill-fated Crusade of Aragón of Philip III of France.