The county of Saint-Pol (or ''Sint-Pols'') was a
county
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around the French city of
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (, literally ''Saint-Pol on Ternoise''; vls, Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is the seat of the canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. The population of the town i ...
(''Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas'') on the border of
Artois
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and
Picardy, formerly the county of
Ternois
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.
For a long time the county belonged to
Flanders
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, and then from the early 11th century until the end of the 12th century it remained in the hands of the
Campdavaine Family, before passing to the
Châtillon family then the
Luxemburg family.
The best-known count was
Louis Louis may refer to:
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* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...
, ''the constable of Saint-Pol''. He was extradited to
Louis XI of France by
Charles the Bold
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, and in 1475 Louis beheaded him for high treason. In 1493, Saint-Pol was transferred to the
Holy Roman Empire
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From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...
by the
Treaty of Senlis
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Background
After th ...
; in 1537, Emperor
Charles V Charles V may refer to:
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* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
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destroyed the capital city. The county was annexed to Artois in 1787 then
France
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in 1790.
File:De-Saint-Pol-Campdavene.svg, House of Campdavaine
File:Blason_de_la_maison_de_Châtillon.svg, House of Chatillon
File:Blason famille fr Luxembourg-Ligny.svg, House of Luxembourg
List of counts
External links
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