Mahaut of Châtillon (1293– 3 October 1358) was the daughter of
Guy IV of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol and
Marie of Brittany, daughter of
John II, Duke of Brittany.
Marriage
In 1308 she married
Charles, Count of Valois
Charles, Count of Valois (12 March 1270 – 16 December 1325), was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, which ruled over France from 1328. He was the fourth son of King Philip III of France and Isabella o ...
, the third son of
King Philip III of France and
Isabella of Aragon. He was also the younger brother of
King Philip IV. Charles himself had married twice before; upon the death of his second wife
Catherine of Courtenay in 1308, he married Mahaut. Mahaut and Charles had four children. One of their daughters would make them ancestors of French kings, and another daughter would become Queen of Germany.
Mahaut and Charles's children were:
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Marie (1309–1332). Married
Charles, Duke of Calabria and had issue.
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Isabella (1313 – 26 August 1388). She married
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Peter I of Bourbon (Pierre Ier, Duc de Bourbon in French; 1311 – 19 September 1356) was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death. Peter was son of Louis I of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberlain of France, and M ...
. Had issue
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Blanche (1317–1348). She married
Charles IV, King of Germany and Bohemia (after her death, he became
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (disambiguation), Emperor of the Romans (; ) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (; ), was the ruler and h ...
). Sometimes called "Marguerite". Had issue
* Louis, Count of
Chartres
Chartres () is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 1 ...
(1318–1328). Died young, no issue
Her husband Charles died in 1325. Mahaut died 33 years later in 1358 at the age of 65, having outlived three of her four children; only her second daughter Isabella outlived her.
Ancestors
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1293 births
1358 deaths
14th-century French nobility
14th-century French women
Countesses of Chartres