Hugh I, Count of Blois, also known as ''Hugh I of Châtillon'' ( – 9 April 1248)Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 223. was

jure uxoris ''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...

Count of Blois Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

from 1230 to 1241, and

Count of Saint Pol The county of Saint-Pol (or ''Sint-Pols'') was a county around the French city of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (''Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas'') on the border of Artois and Picardy, formerly the county of Ternois. For a long time the county belonged to Fla ...

(as Hugh V) from 1226 to 1248. Hugh was son of

Gaucher III of Châtillon Gaucher is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles-Étienne Gaucher (1740–1804), French engraver *Elias Gaucher, French publisher *Eric Gaucher (born 1972), American biologist * Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (1810–1885), ...

and

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, daughter of

Hugo IV, Count of Saint-Pol Hugh IV of Saint-Pol (died March 1205 in Constantinople) from the House of Campdavaine, son of Anselm of Saint-Pol, was count of Saint-Pol from 1174 to his death, and lord of Demotika (Didymoteicho) in Thrace in 1204–05. He participated in the ...

. He married Agnes of Bar-le-Duc, daughter of Thibaut I of Bar-le-Duc and Hermesend of Bar-sur-Seine, in 1216. By 1225, Agnes was dead and Hugh married Marie. In 1226, Hugh married

Marie of Avesnes Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as ''Marie of Avesnes'', (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241. She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois.(FR)Henri Platelle, ''Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiéva ...

, daughter of

Walter II of Avesnes Walter II of Avesnes (b. 1170 – d.1244) was lord of Avesnes, Leuze, of Condé and Guise, and through his marriage to Margaret of Blois, he became count of Blois and Chartres. He was the son of James of Avesnes, and Adèle, lady of Guise. Walter ...

and

Margaret of Blois Margaret of Blois (French: ''Marguerite''; died 1230) was ''suo jure'' Countess of Blois in France from 1218 to 1230. From 1190 to 1200, she was the countess consort of the County of Burgundy and then regent for her daughters from 1200 until 1208. ...

. They had 5 children: #

John I John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John I o ...

(d. 1280),

Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300'', 254. # Guy III (d. 1289),

# Gaucher IV (d. 1261), lord of Chatillon, Crécy and Crèvecœur. His son was:

Gaucher V de Châtillon Gaucher V de Châtillon ( 1249 in Châtillon-sur-Marne – 1329), Lord of Châtillon, Count of Porcien, was constable of Champagne in 1284 and then Constable of France (1302–1329) during the reigns of five different kings. He was also tu ...

. # Hugh (d. 1255) # Basile (d. 1280), became Abbess of Notre Dame du Val in 1248 Through his marriage Hugh became the first Count of Blois from the House of Châtillon. It marked the end of the first

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

of Blois that lasted over 400 years. After the death of Marie, Hugh married Mahaut, sister of

Baldwin III, Count of Guînes Baldwin III, Count of Guînes (1198–1244) was a Flemish nobleman. He inherited the war-torn County of Guînes, now in northern France, while Philip II of France was still on the throne, and suffered the repercussions of Philip's expansion of the F ...

. In 1226 the Cisterian nunnery Pont-aux-Dames in Couilly was founded by Hugh.Anne E. Lester, ''Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women's Religious Movement and Its Reform in Thirteenth Century Champagne'', (Cornell University Press, 2011), 157-158. Later Hugh, with the assistance of Philip Mécringes, founded a Cistercian nunnery at Troissy called ''L'Amour-Dieu'' in 1232. Hugh intended to follow the pious king

Louis IX Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the d ...

when he started on the Seventh Crusade, but he died in 1248.

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Hugh I Hugh I may refer to: * Hugh I of Lusignan (c. 885–c. 930) * Hugh I, Count of Maine (died 933) * Hugh I, Viscount of Châteaudun (died 989 or after) * Hugh I of France (c. 939–996), a.k.a. Hugh Capet, first King of the Franks of the Capetian dy ...

Blois, Hugh I of Chatillon, comte de

Year of birth unknown Christians of the Sixth Crusade