Jacques de Châtillon

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Jacques de Châtillon (d. July 11, 1302) was Seigneur de Leuze, de Condé, de Carency, de Huquoy et d'Aubigny, the son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol.

King Philip IV of France succeeded in his attempt to annex the County of Flanders by appointing Jacques, the uncle to his wife Joan I of Navarre, as governor of the County in 1300. The Flemish Count Gwijde van Dampierre and his two sons had been taken captive by the French.

After his appointment, Jacques de Châtillon entered Bruges. His recklessness, the extortions by his civil servants and the provocative visit of King Philip to Bruges in May 1301, at which occasion the French party held huge feasts, resulted in anger at the popular party. A lot of popular movements erupted, such as in Bruges, where on May 19, 1302, the French party was murdered at the Brugse Metten. De Châtillon escaped with his life, but died a few months later at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in July 1302.