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CHATILLON , the name of a See also:

French See also:family whose See also:history has furnished material for a large See also:volume in See also:folio by A. du Chesne, a learned Frenchman, published in 1621. But in spite of its merits this See also:book presents a certain number of inaccurate statements, some of which it is important to See also:notice. If, for instance, it be true that the Chatillons came from Chatillon-sur-See also:Marne (Marne, See also:arrondissement of See also:Reims), it is now certain that, since the 11th See also:century, this See also:castle belonged to the See also:count of See also:Champagne, and that the See also:head of the See also:house of Chatillon was merely See also:tenant in that See also:place. One of them, however, Gaucher of Chatillon, See also:lord of See also:Crecy and afterwards See also:constable of See also:France, became in 1290 lord of Chatillon-sur-Marne by See also:exchange, but since 1303 a new agreement allotted to him the countship of Porcien, while Chatillon reverted to the domain of the See also:counts of Champagne. It may be well to mention also that, in consequence of a resemblance of their armorial See also:bearings, du Chesne considered wrongly that the lords of Bazoches and those of See also:Chateau-Porcien of the 12th and 13th centuries See also:drew their descent from the house of Chatillon. The most important branches of the house of Chatillon were those of (I) St Pol, beginning with Gaucher III. of Chatillon, who became count of St Pol in right of his wife Isabelle in 1205, the last male of the See also:line being See also:Guy V. (d. 136o); (2) See also:Blois, founded by the See also:marriage of See also:Hugh of Chatillon-St Pol (d. 1248) with See also:Mary, daughter of See also:Margaret of Blois (d. 1230),-this See also:branch became See also:extinct with the See also:death of Guy II. in 1397; (3) Porcien, from 1303 to 1400, when Count See also:John sold the countship to See also:Louis, See also:duke of See also:Orleans; (4) Penthievre, by the marriage of See also:Charles of Blois (d. 1364) with Jeanne (d. 1384), heiress of Guy, count of Penthievre (d.

1331), the male line becoming extinct in 1457. See A. du Chesne, Histoire genealogique de la maison de Chastillonsur-Marne (1621) ; An; elme, Histoire genealogique de la maison royale de France, vi. 91-124 (1730). (A. Lo.) CHATILLON-SUR-See also:

SEINE, a See also:town of eastern France, See also:capital of an arrondissement in the See also:department of Cote-d'Or, on the Eastern and See also:Paris-See also:Lyon See also:railways, 67 m. N.N.W. of See also:Dijon, between that See also:city and See also:Troyes. Pop. (1906) 4430. It is situated on both See also:banks of the upper Seine, which is swelled at its entrance to the town by the Douix, one of the most abundant springs in France. Chatillon is constructed on ample lines and rendered attractive by beautiful promenades. Some ruins on an See also:eminence above it See also:mark the site of a chateau of the See also:dukes of See also:Burgundy. Near by stands the See also:church of St Vorle of the loth century, but with many additions of later date; it contains a sculptured See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre of the 16th century and a number of frescoes.

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fine See also:park stands a See also:modern chateau built by See also:Marshal See also:Marmont, duke of See also:Ragusa, See also:born at Chatillon in 1774. It was burnt in 1871, and subsequently rebuilt. The town preserves several interesting old houses. Chatillon has a sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a school of See also:agriculture and a communal See also:college. Among its See also:industries are See also:brewing, See also:iron-See also:founding and the manufacture of See also:mineral and other blacks. It has See also:trade in See also:wood, See also:charcoal, lithographic and other See also:stone. Chatillon anciently consisted of two parts, Chaumont, belonging to the duchy of Burgundy, and Bourg, ruled by the See also:bishop of See also:Langres; it did not coalesce into one town till the end of the 16th century. It was taken by the See also:English in 136o and by Louis XI. in 1475, during his struggle with Charles the Bold. Chatillon was one of the first cities to adhere to the See also:League, but suffered severely from the oppression of its garrisons and See also:governors, and in 1595 made voluntary submission to See also:Henry IV. In modern times it is associated with the abortive See also:conference of 1814 between the representatives of See also:Napoleon and the See also:Allies.

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