Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise

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.

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Commune - France - Canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise - Arrondissement of Arras - Pas-de-Calais - Département - Canton

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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.

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Counts of Flanders - Vassal - Artois

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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.

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Seigneur - Châtillon

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In the Middle Ages, several of the Counts of St. Pol were active in the Crusades.

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Middle Ages - Crusades

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