Theobald I. (Lorraine)

Theobald I (around 1191; † 1220) from the House of Châtenois was Duke of Lorraine from 1213 until his death. He was the son of Duke Friedrich II and Agnes von Bar .

Theobald fought on July 4, 1214 in the Battle of Bouvines on the side of Emperor Otto IV ; he was captured but soon freed.

In 1216 he supported Erard I, Count of Brienne , in his dispute with Theobald I , King of Navarre and Count of Champagne , who in turn had King Philip II , King Friedrich II and Heinrich II , Count von Bar behind him . For Friedrich II, the feudal lord of Lorraine, Theobald's actions were a criminal offense, which he punished with the occupation of Rosheim , which he himself had given Theobald's father. Theobald responded in 1218 by retaking Rosheim and devastating Alsace . Frederick, in turn, did not hesitate to invade Lorraine and burn Nancy , Theobald's capital. He then besieged and captured the castle of Amance , into which Theobald had fled. Theobald was captured and forced to give up his support for Erard von Brienne and several rulers in order to regain freedom.

Around the year 1215 he married Gertrud, the only child and heiress of Count Albert II von Dagsburg . From the rights of his wife he became Count of Dagsburg and Metz . The marriage remained childless.

He was succeeded as Duke of Lorraine by his brother Matthew II , while his widow became the wife of his rival Theobald von Champagne. Since Theobald von Champagne did not receive their counties of Dagsburg and Metz, he soon expelled Gertrud who brought the county of Dagsburg to the Leininger through a third marriage with Simon von Leiningen . The county of Metz fell to the diocese of Metz .

literature

• Henry Bogdan: La Lorraine des ducs. Sept siècles d'histoire. Perrin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-262-02113-9 .
• Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New series Volume 1, 2: Přemyslids, Ascanians, Dukes of Lorraine, the houses of Hesse, Württemberg and Zähringen. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-465-03020-6 , plate 205.

Web link

• genealogie-mittelalter.de: Theobald I. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009 ; Retrieved June 1, 2012 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich II.	Duke of Lorraine 1213-1220	Matthew II
Albert II of Dagsburg	Count of Dagsburg (de iure uxoris) 1215-1217	Simon of Leiningen
Friedrich II.	Count of Metz (de iure uxoris) 1215–1217	Conrad III. von Scharfenberg (Bishop of Metz)