Gaucher V de Châtillon

Gaucher V de Châtillon

Blazon of Gaucher V de Châtillon
Gules three pales vair a chief or.
Spouse(s)
  • Isabelle of Dreux
  • Hélisende Vergy
  • Isabelle of Rumigny

Issue

  • Gaucher VI de Chatillon (1281–1325)
  • Jean II de Chatillon (1283–1363)
  • Joanna of Châtillon (c. 1285–1354)
  • Hugues de Chatillon (1287–1336)
  • Marie de Châtillon
  • Isabelle de Châtillon
Noble family House of Châtillon
Father Gaucher de Chatillon IV (d. 1261), Lord of Chatillon
Mother Isabelle of Villehardouin (d. 1329)
Born c. 1249
Châtillon-sur-Marne
Died 1329
Gaucher de Châtillon tomb at the Louvre
Coat of arms from Châtillon's tomb
Esterlin, Gaucher de Chatillon, 1312-1322

Gaucher V de Châtillon (born c. 1249 in Châtillon-sur-Marne, died in 1329), Lord of Châtillon, Count of Porcien, was constable of Champagne in 1284 and then Constable of France (1302–1329) during the reigns of five different kings. He was also tutor to the future Louis X of France and his primary minister.

In fiction

Châtillon is a character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was played by Jean Chevrier in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Wadeck Stanczak in the 2005 adaptation.[1]

References

  1. "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
Gaucher V de Châtillon
Born: c.1249 Died: 1329
Political offices
Preceded by
Raoul of Clermont
Constable of France
1307–1329
Succeeded by
Raoul I of Brienne


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