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 beco ...

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from 1230 to 1241, and

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

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and Elisabeth, daughter of Hugo IV, Count of Saint-Pol. 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, daughter of Walter II of Avesnes and

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. They had 5 children: #

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(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. # 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

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

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. In 1226 the

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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

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when he started on the

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, but he died in 1248.

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Counts of Blois
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatillon, Hugh I of 1248 deaths Hugh I Hugh I Blois, Hugh I of Chatillon, comte de Hugh I Year of birth unknown Christians of the Sixth Crusade Jure uxoris counts Remarried jure uxoris officeholders