About Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol
Lived 1254 – 1317 (aged 62–63). Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol was a French aristocrat.
Guy IV of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol (– 6 April 1317) was a French nobleman. He was the son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol and Matilda of Brabant.
In 1292, he married Marie of Brittany, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England. They had: John, Count of Saint-Pol (d. 1344), married Joanna, daughter of John I of Fiennes Jacques of Châtillon (d.s.p. 1365), Lord of Ancre Mahaut of Châtillon (1293–1358), married in 1308 Charles of Valois Beatrix of Châtillon, married in 1315 John of Dampierre, Lord of Crèvecœur Isabeau of Châtillon (d. 19 May 1360), married in May 1311 Guillaume I de Coucy, Lord of Coucy Marie of Châtillon, married Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Eleanor of Châtillon, married John III Malet, Lord of Graville Jeanne of Châtillon, married Miles de Noyers, Lord of Maisy
He held the office of Grand Butler of France.
He was placed in joint command (with Robert VI of Auvergne) of one of the two reserve "battles" of the French troops at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, where the French army was led by his elder half-brother Robert II, Count of Artois. He was able to escape when the French were routed by the Flemings, but his brother Jacques, elder half-brother Robert, and many of his relatives were killed.
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French noble
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Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol was born in 1254.
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Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol died on 6 April 1317.
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Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol was an aristocrat.
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Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol was French.
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