Noble family House of Chatillon Grandparents Adele of Dreux Parents Walter III of Chatillon | Name Hugh Count Mother Elisabeth of Saint-Pol | |
Spouse(s) Agnes Bar-le-DucMarie of AvesnesMahaut of Guines Father Gaucher III of Chatillon Died April 9, 1248, Avignon, France Children John I, Count of Blois, Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol Great grandchildren Mahaut of Chatillon, Guy I, Count of Blois People also search for Walter III of Chatillon | ||
Hugh I, Count of Blois, also known as Hugh I of Châtillon (b. 1198c - d. 9 April 1248) was Count of Blois from 1230 to 1241, and Count of Saint Pol (as Hugh V) from 1226 to 1248.
Hugh was son of Gaucher III of Châtillon and Elisabeth (1180–1212), 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 Margaret of Blois. They had 5 children:
- John I (d. 1280), Count of Blois
- Guy III (d. 1289), Count of Saint Pol
- Gaucher IV (d. 1261), lord of Chatillon, Crécy and Crèvecœur
- 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 dynasty of Blois that lasted over 400 years. After the death of Marie, Hugh married Mahaut, sister of Baldwin III, Count of Guînes.
In 1226 the Cisterian nunnery Pont-aux-Dames in Couilly was founded by Hugh. 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.