The county of Saint-Pol (or Sint-Pols) was a county around the French city of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas) on the border of Artois and Picardy, formerly the county of Ternois.
For a long time the county belonged to Flanders, and then from the early 11th century until the end of the 12th century it remained in the hands of the Campdavaine family, before passing to the Châtillon family then the Luxembourg family.
The best-known count was Louis, the constable of Saint-Pol. He was extradited to Louis XI of France by Charles the Bold, and in 1475 Louis beheaded him for high treason. In 1493, Saint-Pol was transferred to the Holy Roman Empire by the Treaty of Senlis; in 1537, Emperor Charles V destroyed the capital city. The county was annexed to Artois in 1787 then France in 1790.
List of counts COUNT PERIOD relation Notes: House of Flanders Baldwin I, Count of Flanders 862–879 - + Flanders Baldwin II, Count of Flanders 879–918 son + Boulogne, Flanders Adalolf 918–933 son + Boulogne Arnulf I, Count of Flanders 933–962 brother + Flanders, Artois Arnulf II, Count of Flanders 962–988 grandson + Flanders, Artois Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders 988–1035 son + Flanders, Artois, Zeeland (1012–) House of Campdavaine Rogier 1031–1067 - Hugh I 1067–1070 son Guy I 1070–1083 son Hugh II 1083–1118 brother Hugh III 1118–1130 son Ingelram 1130–1150 son Anselm 1150–1174 brother Hugh IV 1174–1205 son Elizabeth 1205–1240/47 daughter married to John of Béthune (1228–1238) House of Châtillon Walter III of Châtillon 1205–1219 husband Guy II 1223–1226 son de facto count Hugo V 1228–1249 brother Guy III 1249–1289 son Guy IV 1289–1317 son John 1317–1344 son Guy V 1344–1360 son House of Luxemburg Guy of Luxemburg-Ligny 1360–1371 brother-in-law + Ligny Walram III of Luxemburg-Ligny 1371–1415 son + Ligny Philip of Saint-Pol 1415–1430 grandson + Ligny, Brabant-Limburg (1427–) Johanna of Luxemburg-Saint-Pol 1430 great-aunt + Ligny Peter I of Saint-Pol 1430–1433 nephew + Brienne Louis of Saint-Pol 1433–1475 son + Brienne, Ligny, Guise Peter II of Saint-Pol 1475–1482 son + Brienne, Soissons Maria of Saint-Pol+ Francis I of Bourbon-Vendôme+ François de Bourbon, Count of Saint-Pol 1482–1546?–1495?–1545 daughterhusbandson + Soissons, Enghien House of Capet-Bourbon-Vendôme François II de Bourbon-Saint-Pol 1546 grandson/son Marie of Bourbon-Vendôme+ Leonor of Longueville 1546–1573? –1573 sisterhusband House of Longueville Frans of Longueville ?–1631 son count-regent Henri I of Longueville 1573–1595 brother Henri II of Longueville 1631–1662 son John Louis of Longueville 1662–1668 son Charles of Longueville 1668–1672 brother John Louis of Longueville 1672–1694 brother 2nd time Maria of Longueville 1694–1705 sister 1705 sold Saint-Pol to Louis of Melun (1694–1724)
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