Gaucher I CHÂTILLON #76624

____ - ABT 1101
DEATH ABT 1101, Palestine

Historical Notes

Gaucher I de Châtillon, died around 1101, was lord of Châtillon at the end of the 11th ecentury. He was the son of Guy I of Châtillon and Ermengarde de Choisy. He became lord of Châtillon after 1089 on the death of his father Guy I de Châtillon1. He was a vassal and one of the relatives of the Count of Blois Étienne-Henri. He was present at the Council of Clermont in 1095, in which his uncle Pope Urban II called for the crusade and where he was one of the first to respond to. He left for the Holy Land towards the end of 1096, probably with Count Stephen Henry, and joined the First Crusade, and died during this expedition. At his death, he was replaced as lord of Châtillon by his eldest son Henry.

Parents

Father : Guy I CHÂTILLON #76626

Mother : Ermengarde of CHOISY #76627

Family 1

Mahaut of LOUVAIN

Children

  1. +Henry I CHÂTILLON

Lineage 

                                                 _Heriveu of CHÂTILLON _+
                                                | (0922 - 0947)          
                         _Miles of CHÂTILLON __|
                        | (0982 - 1044)         |
                        |                       |_Gisele of CAMBRAI _____
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 _Guy I CHÂTILLON _____|
| (1020 - 1089)         |
|                       |                        _Amaury of MONTFORT ____+
|                       |                       | (0930 - 0972)          
|                       |_Avenelle of MONTFORT _|
|                         (0988 - 1031)         |
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|--Gaucher I CHÂTILLON 
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|_Ermengarde of CHOISY _|
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