Lord of Leuze, Condé, Carency Jacques de Châtillon-Leuze

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Lord of Leuze, Condé, Carency Jacques de Châtillon-Leuze

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Birthplace: France
Death: July 11, 1302 (25-26)
Courtrai, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Killed in battle)
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Son of Guy II de Châtillon, comte de Saint Pol and Mathilde van Brabant
Husband of Catherine de Condé
Father of Hugues de Chatillon-sur-Marne, Seigneur de Leuze, Condé et Carency; Guy de Chatillon, sgr de Blais and Béatrix de Châtillon
Brother of Guy III de Châtillon, comte de Saint Pol; Beatrice (Beatrix) de Châtillon; Count Hugh II de Châtillon-Blois; Jeanne de Châtillon and Gertrude de Châtillon
Half brother of Blanche of Artois and Robert II, count of Artois

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About Lord of Leuze, Condé, Carency Jacques de Châtillon-Leuze

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Ch%C3%A2tillon

Jacques de Châtillon (died 11 July 1302) was Seigneur de Leuze, de Condé, de Carency, de Huquoy et d'Aubigny, the son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol and Matilda of Brabant. He married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.

King Philip IV of France succeeded in his attempt to annex the County of Flanders by appointing Jacques, the uncle to his wife Joan I of Navarre, as governor of the County in 1300. The Flemish Count Guy of Dampierre and his two sons had been taken captive by the French.

This soldier was a bad choice for governor. He was entering a power vacuum where previously the Count of Flanders had maintained an equilibrium. He understood little about the specific situation in Flanders, where cities like Bruges and Ghent were far richer and more powerful than any city in France. He didn't see the opposition between the supporters of the count (Liebaards) and those in favor of the king of France (Leliaarts) as an opportunity for himself to be an arbiter. Neither did he recognize the rivalry between the city rulers and the common people, organised in guilds. They wanted political power. When de Châtillon chose the side of the patricians, the natural allies of the king and thus the easier choice, the workers sided with the Liebaards.

After his appointment, Jacques de Châtillon entered Bruges. His recklessness, the extortions by his civil servants and the provocative visit of King Philip to Bruges in May 1301, at which occasion the French party held huge feasts which appeared to frivolously spend the funds expropriated from the commoners, resulted in anger by the popular party. A number of popular movements erupted, such as in Bruges, where on 19 May 1302, the French party was murdered at the Brugse Metten. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges_Matins_(massacre)

De Châtillon escaped with his life, but died a few months later at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in July 1302. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Golden_Spurs

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Lord of Leuze, Condé, Carency Jacques de Châtillon-Leuze's Timeline

1276
1276
France
1285
1285
Chalons Sur Marne,Marne,,France
1292
1292
Chatillon, France
1302
July 11, 1302
Age 26
Courtrai, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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