County of Saint-Pol

The county of Saint-Pol was around the main town of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, west of Arras . It existed since the 11th century.

List of the Counts of Saint-Pol

House Candavene

• Roger around 1031/67 Count of Saint-Pol
• Hugo I , probably his son, Count of Saint-Pol in 1070
• Guido (St. Pol) , 1075/78 Count of Saint-Pol
• Hugo II , his brother, † probably 1118/19
• Hugo III Candavène , whose son, Count of Saint-Pol in 1122, attests to 1096/1145
• Enguerrand , whose son, count of Saint-Pol in 1143, attests to 1137/70
• Anselm , whose brother, Count von Saint-Pol in 1170, attests to 1137/75
• Hugo IV , his son, Count of Saint-Pol in 1175, † 1205
• Elisabeth , his daughter, Countess of Saint-Pol in 1205; ∞ Walter of Châtillon , X 1219

House of Châtillon

• 1205–1219 Walter III. of Châtillon , Elizabeth's husband
• 1219–1226 Guido I (St. Pol) son (as Guido II. Count of Nevers )
• 1226–1248 Hugo I of Châtillon , Hugo V, brother (as Hugo I, Count of Blois )
• 1248–1289 Guido II (St. Pol) , son
• 1289-1317 Guido III. (St. Pol) , son
• 1317–1344 Johann (St. Pol) , son
• 1344–1360 Guido IV. (St. Pol) son
• 1360–1372 Mathilde (St. Pol) , Mathilde (Mahaut), sister

House Luxembourg-Ligny

• 1360–1371 Guido V. Husband Mathilde, daughter of Count Johann (also Count of Ligny )
• 1371–1415 Walram son (also Count of Ligny, Connétable of France )

House of Burgundy

• 1415–1430 Philipp von Saint-Pol maternal grandson of Walram ( Duke of Brabant )

House Luxembourg-Ligny

• 1430–1430 Johanna Sister Walrams
• 1430–1433 Peter I's nephew (also Count of Brienne )
• 1433–1475 Ludwig Sohn (also Count of Ligny, Brienne and Soissons , Connétable of France ) - executed expropriated
• In 1477, Guy Pot († after 1495) received from King Louis XI. the county of Saint-Pol, his daughter and heiress Anne Pot still held the title of Comtesse de Saint-Pol
• 1477–1482 Peter II's son (also Count of Brienne and Soissons, Vice Count of Meaux ), received a. a. Saint-Pol back
• 1482-15 ?? Marie daughter (also Countess of Ligny and Soissons, Vice Countess of Meaux), married in second marriage to François de Bourbon , Duke of Vendôme

House of Bourbon

• François I , their son, † 1545,
• François II, his son, † 1546
• Marie, his sister, † 1601, ∞ Leonor, Duke of Longueville , † 1573

House Orléans-Longueville

• Francis of Longueville, son of Leonor of Longueville and, Count of Saint-Pol, † 1631
• Henry I, his brother, Duke of Longueville 1573–1595
• Henry II , his son, Duke of Longueville 1595–1663
• Johann Ludwig, his son, Duke of Longueville 1663–1668
• Charles, his brother, Duke of Longueville 1668–1672
• Johann Ludwig, Duke of Longueville, second time 1672–1694
• Maria, his sister, Duchess of Longueville 1694–1707, sells Saint-Pol in 1705

House Melun

• Louis de Melun († 1724), 1714 Duke of Joyeuse (Duc de Joyeuse), 8th Prince of Épinoy, 1721 Marquis of Roubaix, Count of Saint-Pol etc.

literature

• G. He. Sauvage: Histoire de Saint-Pol. Jean Degeorge, Arras 1834, ( archive.org )
• Bruno Béthouart (ed.): Histoire de Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise . Échos du Pas-de-Calais, Lillers 2005, ISBN 2-9517328-7-2 .