Died 1299 | ||
Parents Arnold IV, Count of Loon, Jeanne, Countess of Chiny Grandparents Louis IV, Count of Chiny, Gérard III, Count of Rieneck People also search for Jeanne, Countess of Chiny Great-grandparents Louis III, Count of Chiny, Gerard II, Count of Loon | ||
Louis V (1235-1299), Count of Chiny (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 the greatest knights of Europe, more than 500 strong, against each other in a single contest. The Tournament of Chauvency (Tournament of Chauvency) was described in verse by the troubadour Jacques Bretel. Participants included Rudolf I, King of Germany, Ottokar II, King of Bohemia, Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine, John I, Duke of Brabant, Theobald II, Count of Bar, and Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, among hundreds of others.
In 1258, he married Jeanne de Bar (1225-1299), widow of Frederick de Blâmont (d. 1255) and daughter of Henry II, Count of Bar, and Philippa de Dreux.
Louis and Jeanne had no children and, after his death, Chiny reverted to his nephew Arnold V of Looz. Oer his last wishes, his heart was embalmed and buried in a lead box in front of the altar at Saint-Thibault, in the village of Suxy.