Guy I, Count of Blois
Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 12 August 1342), son of
Lord of Avesnes
1307–1342.
In 1310, he married
Charles of Valois and sister of Philip VI of France.[2]
They had three children:
- Louis II, Count of Blois (d. 1346)[2]
- Breton War of Succession against the House of Montfort and the English[3]
- Leiningen-Dagsburg.
He took part in the expedition of
Robert III of Flanders in 1315, and in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War
.
References
- ^ Lalou, Bautier & Maillard 2007, p. 282.
- ^ a b c 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.
- 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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