County of Saint-Pol

The county of Saint-Pol (or Sint-Pols) was a county around the French city of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas) on the border of Artois and Picardy, formerly the county of Ternois.

  County of Saint-Pol (between Boulogne, Artois and Picardie on map) under Burgundian influence in 1465–1477

For a long time the county belonged to Flanders, and then from the early 11th century until the end of the 12th century it remained in the hands of the Campdavaine Family, before passing to the Châtillon family then the Luxemburg family.

The best-known count was Louis, the constable of Saint-Pol. He was extradited to Louis XI of France by Charles the Bold, and in 1475 Louis beheaded him for high treason. In 1493, Saint-Pol was transferred to the Holy Roman Empire by the Treaty of Senlis ; in 1537, Emperor Charles V destroyed the capital city. The county was annexed to Artois in 1787 then France in 1790.

List of counts

COUNTPERIODrelationNotes:
House of Flanders
Baldwin I, Count of Flanders862–879-+ Flanders
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders879–918son+ Boulogne, Flanders
Adalolf918–933son+ Boulogne
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders933–962brother+ Flanders, Artois
Arnulf II, Count of Flanders962–988grandson+ Flanders, Artois
Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders988–1035son+ Flanders, Artois, Zeeland (1012–)
House of Campdavaine
Rogier1031–1067-
Hugh I1067–1070son
Guy I1070–1083son
Hugh II1083–1118brother
Hugh III1118–1130son
Ingelram1130–1150son
Anselm1150–1174brother
Hugh IV1174–1205son
Elizabeth1205–1240/47daughtermarried to John of Béthune (1228–1238)
House of Châtillon
Walter III of Châtillon1205–1219husband
Guy II1223–1226sonde facto count
Hugo V1228–1249brother
Guy III1249–1289son
Guy IV1289–1317son
John1317–1344son
Guy V1344–1360son
House of Luxemburg
Guy of Luxemburg-Ligny1360–1371brother-in-law+ Ligny
Walram III of Luxemburg-Ligny1371–1415son+ Ligny
Philip of Saint-Pol1415–1430grandson+ Ligny, Brabant-Limburg (1427–)
Johanna of Luxemburg-Saint-Pol1430great-aunt+ Ligny
Peter I of Saint-Pol1430–1433nephew+ Brienne
Louis of Saint-Pol1433–1475son+ Brienne, Ligny, Guise
Peter II of Saint-Pol1475–1482son+ Brienne, Soissons
Maria of Saint-Pol
+ Francis I of Bourbon-Vendôme
+ Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol
1482–1546
?–1495
?–1545
daughter
husband
son
+ Soissons, Enghien
House of Capet-Bourbon-Vendôme
François II de Bourbon-Saint-Pol1546grandson/son
Marie of Bourbon-Vendôme
+ Leonor of Longueville
1546–1573
? –1573
sister
husband
House of Longueville
Frans of Longueville ?–1631soncount-regent
Henri I of Longueville1573–1595brother
Henri II of Longueville1631–1662son
John Louis of Longueville1662–1668son
Charles of Longueville1668–1672brother
John Louis of Longueville1672–1694brother2nd time
Maria of Longueville1694–1705sister
1705 sold Saint-Pol to Louis of Melun (1694–1724)
  • Prinet, Léon Jacques Maxime (1911). "St Pol, Counts of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.
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