Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise is a commune of northern France, chief town of the canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, arrondissement of Arras, in the of Pas-de-Calais département. Population (1999): 5,548 in the commune, and 14,939 in the canton. The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... The arrondissement of Arras is an arrondissement of France, located in the Pas-de-Calais département, of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région. ... Pas-de-Calais is a département in northern France named after the strait which it borders. ... Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ...

History

The county of St Pol-sur-Ternoise, usually referred to as just St. Pol, was originally a stronghold of the Counts of Flanders and was established as a county in the late 9th century. When the county passed out of the family of the Flemish counts, it remained subject to the Count of Flanders as his vassals until 1180. It became subjects to France, then Artois (1237 -1329), then France again until it ceased to exist as a county and was annexed to France in 1702. The geographical region and former county of Flanders contains not only the two Belgian provinces but also the present-day French département of Nord, in parts of which there is still a Flemish-speaking minority, and the southern part of the Dutch province of Zeeland known as Zeeuws-Vlaanderen... A vassal or liege, in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudalism of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a lord, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fief. ... Artois is a former province of northern France. ...

St. Pol was first controlled by the Flemish counts, then by the family known as Candavne from early in the 11th century. In 1205 the county passed to the seigneurs of Châtillon through marriage, and remained with this dynasty until 1360 when it passed to the Luxembourg dynasty. Around 1487 the county passed to the Capetian-Bourbon-Vendôme dynasty through marriage, then to the Longueville-Neuchâtel dynasty from around 1563. In 1702 it came under direct rule of France. Seigneur means, in French, lord. The term is often used in the Medieval system of Feudalism and Manorialism where it means the possessor of a seigneurie or fief. ... Châtillon-sur-Marne in the région of Champagne-Ardenne is a small commune (1186 inhabitants) in the Valley of the Marne, surrounded by the Parc Naturel de la Montagne de Reims. ...

In the Middle Ages, several of the Counts of St. Pol were active in the Crusades. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ...

List of counts

Candavne dynasty

• Robert (  ? - 1067)
• Hugues I (1067 - 1070), son of Robert
• Guy I (1070 - 1083), son of Hugues I
• Hugues II (1083 - 1130), son of Hugues I
• Hugues III (1130 - 1141), son of Hugues II
• Enguerrand (1141 - 1150), son of Hugues III
• Anselme (1150 - 1174), son of Hugues III
• Hugues IV (1174 - 1205), son of Anselme

Hugues ( -1130) was count of St. ...

Châtillon dynasty

• Gauchier (1205–1219), married Elisabeth, daughter of Hugues IV
• Guy II (1219–1226), son of Gauchier
• Hugues V (1226–1249), son of Gauchier. Count of Blois (1230–1241)
• Guy III (1249–1289), son of Hugues V
• Hugues VI (1289–1292), son of Guy III. Count of Blois (1283–1307)
• Guy IV (1292–1317), son of Guy III
• Jean I (1317–1344), son of Guy IV
• Guy V (1344–1360), son of Jean I

The County of Blois was centred on Blois, south of Paris. ...

Luxembourg dynasty

• Guy VI (1360–1371), married Mahaut, daughter of Jean I
• Waleran (1371–1415)
• Philip (1415–1430)
• Jeanne (1430)
• Pierre I (1430–1433)
• Louis I (1433–1475)
• Pierre II (1475–1482)
• Marie (1482–1547)