Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol 1254-1317

Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol was appointed IV Count Saint Pol.

Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and Marie Capet were married. She the daughter of John II Duke Brittany and Beatrice Plantagenet. He the son of Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 14th June 1237 Robert Capet Count of Artois [aged 20] and [his mother] [his grandfather] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant [aged 30] and [his grandmother] Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 49]. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

Around 1254 Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol was born to Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol [aged 27] and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 30]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England.

On 16th January 1255 [his father] Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol [aged 28] and [his mother] [his grandfather] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and [his grandmother] Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol and Mary Avesnes. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1262 [his half-brother] Robert Artois II Count Artois [aged 11] and [his sister-in-law] Amice Countenay Countess Artois were married at Paris [Map]. She by marriage Countess Artois. He the son of Robert Capet Count of Artois and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 38]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1269 [his brother-in-law] Henry I King Navarre [aged 25] and [his half-sister] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Robert Capet Count of Artois and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 45]. He the son of Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 04 or 5th December 1270 Theobald "Young" II King Navarre [aged 30] died at Trapani returning from the Eighth Crusade. His brother [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 26] succeeded I King Navarre, III Count Champagne. [his half-sister] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [aged 22] by marriage Queen Navarre, Countess Champagne.

On 3rd February 1276 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster [aged 31] and [his half-sister] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Lancaster. She the daughter of Robert Capet Count of Artois and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 52]. He the son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 53]. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1277 [his half-brother] Robert Artois II Count Artois [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Countess Artois. He the son of Robert Capet Count of Artois and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 53].

In 1280 [his uncle] [his father] John Chatillon I Count Saint Pol died. His brother Guy [aged 53] succeeded III Count Saint Pol. [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 56] by marriage Countess Saint Pol.

Around 1287 [his brother] [his father] Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and [his sister-in-law] Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 61] and Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders [aged 40]. He the son of Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol [aged 60] and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 63]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 29th September 1288 [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 64] died.

In 1289 [his father] Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol [aged 62] died.

In 1292 [his son] Jean Chatillon Count Saint Pol was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 38] and Marie Capet [aged 24]. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. He married his fourth cousin Jeanne Fiennes and had issue.

In 1292 [his daughter] Beatrix Chatillon was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 38] and Marie Capet [aged 24] at Châtillon. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 1315 her fourth cousin John Dampierre and had issue.

In 1293 [his daughter] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 39] and Marie Capet [aged 25]. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 1308 her second cousin once removed Charles Valois I Count Valois, son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France, and had issue.

On 18th October 1298 [his half-brother] Robert Artois II Count Artois [aged 48] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Hainaut Countess Artois were married. She by marriage Countess Artois. She the daughter of John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland [aged 51] and Philippa Luxembourg Countess Hainaut and Holland [aged 46]. He the son of Robert Capet Count of Artois and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 2nd May 1302 [his half-sister] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [aged 54] died.

Around 1303 [his daughter] Marie Chatillon Countess Pembroke was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 49] and Marie Capet [aged 35]. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 5th July 1321 her half first cousin twice removed Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke, son of William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke.

In 1307 [his brother] [his nephew] Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois died. His son Guy succeeded I Count Blois. Margaret Valois [aged 12] by marriage Countess Blois.

In 1308 [his son-in-law] Charles Valois I Count Valois [aged 37] and Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 54] and Marie Capet [aged 40]. He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1315 [his son-in-law] John Dampierre [aged 20] and Beatrix Chatillon [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 61] and Marie Capet [aged 47]. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 6th April 1317 Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol [aged 63] died. His son Jean [aged 25] succeeded Count Saint Pol.

Annales Paulini. On the same day [5th July 1321], as was commonly reported, Sir [his son-in-law] Aymer [aged 46], Earl of Pembroke, married the daughter [aged 18]¹ of the Count of Saint-Pol at Paris. In the same year, on the sixth day before the Ides [8th] of August, the aforesaid daughter of the Count of Saint-Pol, wife of the Earl of Pembroke, came to London. She was met by the earls and barons who had come to the king's parliament.

Et eodem die ut dicebatur vulgariter, dominus Amaricus comes de Penbrock desponsavit filiam comitis Sancti Pauli apud Parisiam.Et eodem anno, vio idus Augusti, præfata filia comitis Sancti Pauli, uxor comitis de Penbrock, venit Londonias; cui obviaverunt comites et barones qui venerant ad parliamentum regis.

Note 1. Marie, daughter of Guy, Count of St Pol. In 1347 she founded Pembroke College, Cambridge.

[his son] Jacques Chatillon was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and Marie Capet. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. He married Catherine Condé and had issue.

Bourgeois de Valenciennes. Meanwhile, while Count Guy of Flanders was at Ghent, King Philip the Fair of France summoned Charles of Valois and Lord Louis, Count of Évreux, his two brothers, and Lord Robert, Count of Artois, the Count of Saint-Pol¹ and Lord Jacques his brother, the Count John of Hainaut, who at that time was ill-disposed toward Count Guy of Flanders, his nephew, and several other great lords, with all the men-at-arms they could muster. And he held an assembly in the city of Arras and the surrounding region, in order to besiege the city of Lille in Flanders; and he remained there for a time to gather his forces. And at that time the Flemings knew little of war, and had had little experience of it.

Endementiers que le conte Guion de Flandres estoit à Gand, le roy Philippe le Bel de France manda Charles de Valois et monseigneur Loys conte d’Évreux ses II frères, et monseigneur Robert conte d’Artois, le conte de Saint-Pol et monseigneur Jaques son frère, le conte Jehan de Haynault qui estoit adont mal du conte Guion de Flandres son nepveu, et pluseurs aultres grans seigneurs à tout les gens d'armes qu’ils peurent avoir. Et fist une assamblée en la cité d’Aras et là environ pour assiéger la yille de Lille en Flandres: sy séjourna une espasse pour assembler ses gens. Et en ce tamps les Flamens scavoient peu de guerre, et peu en avoient eu à faire.

Note 1. Guy, -1289, IV Count of Saint-Pol, and his brother Jacques, died in 1302 from wounds received at the Battle of the Courtrai.

[his daughter] Jeanne Chatillon was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and Marie Capet. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

[his daughter] Isabeau Chatillon was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and Marie Capet. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

[his daughter] Eleanor Chatillon was born to Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and Marie Capet. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.