Walter III. from Châtillon
Walter III. of Châtillon (French Gaucher ; † October 1219 ) was a lord of Châtillon , Troissy , Crécy , Montjay , Broigny and Pierrefonds , and by marriage Count of Saint-Pol .
He was a son of Guido II of Châtillon and the Adèle of Dreux, a daughter of Count Robert I of Dreux .
Life
Together with his older brother, Guido III. von Châtillon , Walter accompanied King Philip II of France on the Third Crusade , where his brother died in the siege of Acre in 1191. After his return he supported the king in the fight against the Plantagenets in Normandy . In 1192 he inherited the castle of Pierrefonds from a distant relative, but a year later he exchanged it with the king for Clichy . Walter married Elisabeth in 1196 († around 1240), the heir to Count Hugo IV of St. Pol . After he died in 1205, the couple inherited the county of Saint-Pol.
Walter promoted the establishment of a Trinitarian monastery near Cerfroi by St. Felix of Valois . From Count Theobald III. he became a Grand Chamberlain of Champagne and of Duke Odo III. appointed Seneschal of Burgundy . During the War of Succession in Champagne , he supported the party of Countess Blanka and her son.
In 1209 Gaucher took part in the Albigensian Crusade and fought in the sieges of Béziers and Carcassonne . In 1214 he fought for the King of France in the victorious battle of Bouvines . In 1219 he again took the cross with Prince Ludwig the Lion to the Albigensian Crusade and took part in the Marmande massacre . Shortly afterwards he died.
progeny
He had several children from his marriage, including:
- Guido I († 1226), Count of St. Pol, Lord of Montjay and Broigny
- Hugo I († 1248), Lord of Châtillon, Troissy and Crécy, 1226 Count of Saint-Pol ( Hugo V ) and 1231 Count of Blois ( Hugo I )
- Eustachia ⚭ 1) 1215 Daniel, Lord of Béthune ⚭ 2) Robrecht II of Wavrin , Marshal of the County of Flanders
- Elisabeth ⚭ Raoul von Coucy († 1250), son of Raoul I. de Coucy
- Beatrix ⚭ Aubert von Hangest, Herr von Senlis
Walter had divided his possessions among his sons in a will, with the older one mainly taking over the maternal and the younger the paternal inheritance.
literature
- Theodore Evergates: The aristocracy in the county of Champagne. 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA 2007, ISBN 978-0-8122-4019-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog des actes de Philippe Auguste , ed. by Léopold Delisle (1856), no.394, p. 95
- ↑ La Chanson de la Croisade contre les Albigeois , tome second, ed. by Paul Meyer (1879), §CCXII, p. 461
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Hugo IV |
Count of Saint-Pol (de iure uxoris with Elisabeth of Saint-Pol) 1205–1219 |
Guido I. |
Guido III. |
Lord of Châtillon 1191–1219 |
Hugo I. |
Guido III. |
Lord of Crécy 1191–1219 |
Guido I. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Walter III. from Châtillon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaucher III. de Châtillon; Walter of St. Pol |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Châtillon, Troissy, Montjay, Crécy and Pierrefonds, Count of St. Pol |
DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | October 1219 |