Sterling Gaucher Chatillon Florennes 1312-1322

Gaucher V de Châtillon ( 1249 in Châtillon-sur-Marne – 1329), Lord of Châtillon, Count of Porcien, was constable of

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in 1284 and then

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(1302–1329) during the reigns of five different kings. He was also tutor to the future

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and his primary minister.

Biography

Gaucher was the son of Gaucher IV de Châtillon and Isabelle de Villehardouin, and was the grandson of Hugues de Châtillon, Count of

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and Saint-Pol. In 1284, King Philip III of France named Gaucher, Constable of Champagne. He traded Philip IV for the county of Chatillon in return for Crecy in 1290, however in 1303 Philip forced the return of the county in exchange for

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. Gaucher kept the castle of Châtillon, which was reserved for him and his descendants. In 1291, Gaucher repelled the army of Count Henry III of Bar, son-in-law of King Edward I of England. He fought the English in Guyenne in 1296. In 1302, during the conflict between

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and Philip IV, Gaucher tried to convince the nobility that the King of France was only accountable to God.

The Flanders Revolt

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in 1302, Gaucher quashed the revolt in Bruges and built in that city a citadel at the expense of the inhabitants. He built two others in Lille and Courtray and fortified several other castles that had been demolished.

In fiction

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s by

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. He was played by Jean Chevrier in the 1972 French

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adaptation of the series, and by

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in the 2005 adaptation.

References

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