About Hugh I, Count of Blois
Lived 1196 – 1248 (aged 51–52). Hugh I, Count of Blois was a French aristocrat.
Hugh ( – 9 April 1248) was jure uxoris count of Blois from 1230 to 1241 and count of Saint Pol (as Hugh V) from 1226 to 1248.
Hugh was the son of Walter III of Châtillon and Elisabeth, daughter of Count Hugo IV of Saint-Pol. Guy III (d. 1289), Count of Saint Pol 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 Louis IX when he started on the Seventh Crusade, but he died in 1248.
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Who was Hugh I, Count of Blois?
Count of Saint Pol and Blois
When was Hugh I, Count of Blois born?
Hugh I, Count of Blois was born in 1196.
When did Hugh I, Count of Blois die?
Hugh I, Count of Blois died on 9 April 1248 in Avignon.
What was Hugh I, Count of Blois's occupation?
Hugh I, Count of Blois was an aristocrat.
What nationality was Hugh I, Count of Blois?
Hugh I, Count of Blois was French.
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· Wikipedia: Hugh I, Count of Blois
· DBpedia: Hugh V of Saint-Pol
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