Guy_I,_Count_of_Blois

Guy I, Count of Blois

Guy I, Count of Blois

French noble

Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 12 August 1342), son of Hugh II of Châtillon and Beatrix of Dampierre, was Count of Blois and Lord of Avesnes 1307–1342.

Seal (sigillum) of Guy I count of Blois: S[IGILLUM] GUIDONIS DE CASTELLIONE COMITIS S[AN]CTI PAULI - SIGILLUM SECRETI MEI

In 1310, he married Margaret of Valois,[1] daughter of Charles of Valois and sister of Philip VI of France.[2] They had three children:

He took part in the expedition of Louis X of France against his uncle Robert III of Flanders in 1315, and in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War.

References

  1. [1]
    Lalou, Bautier & Maillard 2007, p. 282.
  2. [2]
    Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
  3. [3]
    Wagner 2006, p. 92.
  4. [4]
    Bogdan 2007, p. 56.

Sources

  • Bogdan, Henry (2007). La Lorraine des Ducs (in French). Perrin.
  • Lalou, Elisabeth; Bautier, Robert Henri; Maillard, François (2007). Itinéraire de Philippe IV le Bel (1285-1314): Introduction (in French). Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres.
  • Wagner, John A., ed. (2006). "Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Greenwood Press.
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1307–1342		 Succeeded by


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