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Theobald the Great (1090–1152) was count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125. Theobald held Auxerre, Maligny, Ervy, Troyes and Châteauvillain as fiefs from Odo II, Duke of Burgundy.
The Count of Champagne was the ruler of the County of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the County of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne. Count Theobald IV of Champagne inherited the Kingdom of Navarre in 1234.
Theobald III ( French: Thibaut; 13 May 1179 – 24 May 1201) was Count of Champagne from 1197 to his death. He was designated heir by his older brother Henry II when the latter went to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade, and succeeded him upon his death.
When Theobald II Count of Champagne was born on 2 April 1093, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, his father, Étienne II de Blois Comte de Chartres et de Meaux, was 48 and his mother, Adèle de Normandie Comtess de Blois, was 27. He married Mathilde von Kärnten-Spanheim about 1123.
Theobald the Great (1090 – 1152) was count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125. Theobald held Auxerre, Maligny, Ervy, Troyes and Châteauvillain as fiefs from Odo II, Duke of Burgundy. Contents. Career; Marriage and issue; See also; References; Sources
BLANCHE OF CHAMPAGNE + Theobald III, Count of Champagne (son of Henry I of Champagne + Marie of France, sister of Richard the Lionheart, who hosted Walter Map, author of the Skull of Sidon legeng, and sponsored Grail author Chretien de Troyes) Blanche + Sancho III of Castile (s. of Alfonso VII of León and Castile + Berengaria of Barcelona)
Theobald the Great (French: Thibaut de Blois) (1090-1152) was Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125. He held Auxerre, Maligny, Ervy, Troyes, and Châteauvillain as fiefs from Odo II, Duke of Burgundy.
