Guy I, Count of Blois
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:
- Louis II, Count of Blois (d. 1346)[2]
- Charles of Blois (d. 1364)[2] - would marry Joanna, Duchess of Brittany; Charles and the French would engage in the Breton War of Succession against the House of Montfort and the English[3]
- Marie, married in 1334 Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346),[4] married secondly Frederick VII, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
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
- Lalou, Bautier & Maillard 2007, p. 282.
- Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
- Wagner 2006, p. 92.
- Bogdan 2007, p. 56.
Sources
- Bogdan, Henry (2007). La Lorraine des Ducs (in French). Perrin.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Wagner, John A., ed. (2006). "Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Greenwood Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
| Preceded by Hugh II |
Count of Blois 1307–1342 |
Succeeded by Louis II |
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