Guy V of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol (d. 1360 in

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) was a French nobleman. He was a member of the

House of Châtillon The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century. The name comes from that of Châtillon-sur-Marne in Champagne, where members of the family were tenants in a castle belonging to the Counts of Champagne. Gauch ...

and was the son of Count

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of Saint-Pol (d. 1344) and his wife Johanna of Fiennes. In the

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...

, he served as a royal commander () in the French army. He fought several battles against the English in

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. He was one of the hostages sent to England under the terms of the

Treaty of Brétigny The Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty, drafted on 8 May 1360 and ratified on 24 October 1360, between Kings Edward III of England and John II of France. In retrospect, it is seen as having marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' ...

of 1360. He died of the

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shortly after arriving in London. Guy was married to Johanna (d. 1392), a daughter of Lord John I of Ligny. Since they had no children, he was succeeded as Count of Saint-Pol by his sister Mahaut and her husband Guy of Luxembourg-Ligny.

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Entry at genealogie-mittelalter.de

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14th-century births 1360 deaths Year of birth unknown 14th-century French people {{France-noble-stub