County of Saint-Pol explained

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.

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 Luxembourg 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

COUNT PERIOD relation Notes:
Colspan=4 House of Flanders
862–879 - + Flanders
879–918 son + Boulogne, Flanders
918–933 son + Boulogne
933–962 brother + Flanders, Artois
962–988 grandson + Flanders, Artois
988–1035 son + Flanders, Artois, Zeeland (1012–)
Colspan=4 House of Campdavaine
1031–1067 -
1067–1070 son
1070–1083 son
1083–1118 brother
1118–1130 son
1130–1150 son
1150–1174 brother
1174–1205 son
1205–1240/47 daughter married to John of Béthune (1228–1238)
Colspan=4 House of Châtillon
1205–1219 husband
1223–1226 son de facto count
1228–1249 brother
1249–1289 son
1289–1317 son
1317–1344 son
1344–1360 son
Colspan=4 House of Luxemburg
1360–1371 brother-in-law + Ligny
1371–1415 son + Ligny
1415–1430 grandson + Ligny, Brabant-Limburg (1427–)
1430 great-aunt + Ligny
1430–1433 nephew + Brienne
1433–1475 son + Brienne, Ligny, Guise
1475–1482 son + Brienne, Soissons
1482–1546
?–1495
?–1545
daughter
husband
son
+ Soissons, Enghien
Colspan=4 House of Capet-Bourbon-Vendôme
1546 grandson/son
1546–1573
? –1573
sister
husband
Colspan=4 House of Longueville
?–1631 son count-regent
1573–1595 brother
1631–1662 son
1662–1668 son
1668–1672 brother
1672–1694 brother 2nd time
1694–1705 sister
Colspan=4 1705 sold Saint-Pol to Louis of Melun (1694–1724)

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