Louis V (1235–1299), Count of Chiny from 1268–1299, the youngest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny. He became Count of Chiny in 1268 when his parents entrusted him with the county before their death. In 1285, he brought to Chauvency-le-Château one of the most famous jousting tournaments (a “tournament of chivalry”) of the Middle Ages, which pitted knights from the Empire, France, Lotharingia, Hainault, Flanders, and England, against each other in two days of solo-contest jousting and a final day of massed mêlée fighting. The Tournament of Chauvency ( Tournament of Chauvency) was described in verse by the French poet

Jacques Bretel Jacques Bretel or Jacques Bretex (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French (language), French language ''trouvère'', best known for having written ''Tournament of Chauvency, le Tournoi de Chauvency''. His only known work, signed and dated ...

. A list of the participants at the tournament, which includes nearly 100 named individuals
can be found here
Before 22 July 1257, he married Jeanne de Bar (1225-1299), widow of Frederick de Blâmont (d. 1255/6) and daughter of

Henry II Henry II may refer to: Kings * Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014 *Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154 *Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...

, Count of Bar, and Philippa de Dreux. Her dowry was the castle of Salm. Jeanne already had three children from her first marriage: Henry (d.1331) sire de Blâmont and seneschal of Lorraine, Joffroi (mentioned in 1253) and Thomas (''princier'' of Verdun and subsequently Bishop, d.1305). Until she became Countess of Chiny in spring 1268 she was styled as 'dame de Blâmont' and used her own seal. Louis and Jeanne had no children and, after his death, Chiny reverted to his nephew Arnold V of Looz.

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* *{{cite book , last=Mayhew , first=N.J. , url=https://archive.org/details/sterlingimitatio0000mayh/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater , title=Sterling Imitations of Edwardian Type , publisher=Royal Numismatic Society , year=1983

External links

Clemmensen, Steen, Le Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285 Farum, 2007, no ISBN.
1235 births 1299 deaths Counts of Chiny Place of birth missing