Gaucher IV de Châtillon, in German ''Walter IV'', (died c. 1261/65) was Lord of Châtillon, Crécy, Crèvecœur and Troissy from 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, France, Champagne, where members of the family were tenants in a castle belonging to the Counts o ...

Biography

He was the third-born son of

Hugh I of Châtillon 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 Count of Blois from 1230 ...

(d. 1248), Count of Saint-Pol and Lord of Châtillon, and

Mary, Countess of Blois 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 médi� ...

. His older brothers were Count John I of Blois (d. 1279) and Count

Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol Guy III of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1289) was a French nobleman, and was a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois, and Mary, Countess of Blois. While his elder brother John I of Châtillon succeeded to their mother's County of Blois, ...

(d. 1289). As a later-born son, he received some subordinate castle and manorial dominions in the inheritance decreed by his father in 1246, including the family seat in Châtillon-sur-Marne. He is last documented in December 1260, when he and his wife made a donation to the nuns of Notre-Dame du Pont. His wife confirmed a donation made by him (''Gavchier de Chastillon Sires de Crecy'') to the same religious institution in February 1265. Apparently, Gaucher IV had already died by this time.André Duchesne, ''Histoire genealogique de la maison de Chastillon sur Marne''. Paris 1621, Preuves p. 191 f.

Family

Gaucher IV was married by 1258 at the latest to Isabelle von Lezinnes (d. after 1265) from the Villehardouin family, a great-granddaughter of the chronicler

Geoffrey of Villehardouin Geoffrey of Villehardouin (c. 1150 – c. 1213) was a French knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period,Smalley, p. 131 best known for wr ...

. Their children were: * Gaucher V of Châtillon (d. 1329), Lord of Châtillon etc., from 1303 Count of Porcéan, Constable of France. * Guido of Châtillon (d. c. 1281/86). * Mary of Châtillon (d. after 1296); married to Milon IX de Noyers (d. 1291), Lord of Noyers.

Sources

* André Duchesne, ''Histoire genealogique de la maison de Chastillon sur Marne''. Paris 1621, Preuves p. 191 f.

References

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