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2 unusual facts about Guy II


Château de Tournoël

Whereas Guy II favored the claims of Richard the Lionheart to the Auvergne, his brother Robert, bishop of Clermont, sided with King Philip-Augustus.

Guy II, Count of Blois

Guy II of Blois-Châtillon (died December 22, 1397), the youngest son of Louis I of Châtillon and Joan of Avesnes, was count of Blois and lord of Avesnes, Schoonhoven, and Gouda 1381–1397, and lord of Beaumont and Chimay.


Counts of Blois

Upon the death of his only son, Guy II, Count of Blois sold the county to Louis I, Duke of Orléans and the county passed to the French royal family.


see also

Adèle of Dreux

She married firstly Valéran III, Count of Breteuil, secondly Guy II, lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne, thirdly Jean I de Thorotte, and fourthly Raoul III de Nesle, count of Soissons.