Guido II (St. Pol)
Guido II of Châtillon (French: Guy II. De Châtillon ; † March 12, 1289 ) was a Count of Saint-Pol from the House of Châtillon . He was the younger son of Hugo I of Châtillon , Count of Blois and Saint-Pol , and Marie d'Avesnes , Countess of Blois. After his father's death in 1248, he got the county of Saint-Pol and, among other things, the dominions of Ancre and Aubigny-en-Artois . In 1253 he took part in the Battle of Westkapelle , the military climax of the Flemish War of Succession.
He married Mathilde von Brabant on January 16, 1255 in Naples (* probably 1224, † September 29, 1288 ), daughter of Duke Henry II of Brabant and widow of Count Robert I of Artois . In 1270 Guido took part in the army of King Ludwig IX. on the seventh crusade and in 1284 in the army of King Philip III. participated in the Aragonese crusade . In the Limburg succession dispute , he supported his wife's Brabant relatives.
children
- Hugo II of Châtillon (1258–1307), 1292 Count of Blois and Dunois
- Guido III. of Châtillon († 1317), Count of Saint-Pol
- Jacques de Châtillon († 1302 killed in the battle of the spurs ), Herr von Leuze , Condé etc.
- Beatrix († 1304), ∞ Count Johann II. Von Eu , † 1294
- Jeanne, ∞ Guillaume III. de Chauvigny , lord of Châteauroux
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Hugo V. (Hugo I of Blois) |
Count of Saint-Pol 1248–1289 |
Guido III. |
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| SURNAME | Guido II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guido II of Châtillon; Guy II. De Châtillon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Saint-Pol |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1289 |