House Blois

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Coat of arms of the Counts of Blois from the House of Blois.

The House of Blois (also Theobaldiner , Tetbaldiner or Thibaldiens ) held the County of Blois from the 10th century , including the Counties of Chartres and Châteaudun . She inherited the counties of Troyes and Meaux in the 11th century , from which she formed the Champagne in the 12th century .

In the 13th century the family inherited the Kingdom of Navarre , at the beginning of the 14th century it died out.

In addition to the Counts and Kings of Navarre, significant members of the family are:

Tribe list

By the end of the 11th century

  1. Theobald the Elder († before 942), Vice Count of Tours, later also of Blois; ⚭ probably II Richildis
    1. Theobald I. Tricator († 975), Count of Blois, Vice Count of Tours, 956–960 feudal sovereignty over the County of Rennes, Count of Chartres, Count of Châteaudun, Lord of Chinon, Saumur and Beaugency; ⚭ 943/44 Ledgard von Vermandois († February 9 after 978), daughter of Count Heribert II ( Carolingian ), widow of Count Wilhelm Long Sword of Normandy ( Rollonids )
      1. Theobald (X before 962)
      2. Hugo († January 2, 985), 969 Archbishop of Bourges
      3. Odo I (Eudes I) († 995), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Tours, Beauvais and Dreux, Lord of Chinon and Saumur, 978 Margrave; ⚭ Bertha of Burgundy († after 1016), daughter of King Conrad III. of Burgundy ( Welfen ), she married in 997, divorced 1003/05, Robert II of France ( Capetian )
        1. Theobald II († 1004), Count of Blois, clergyman
        2. Odo II. († 1037), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Tours and Beauvais, 1019/25 (as Odo I) Count of Troyes and Meaux, Count of Sancerre, Lord of Chinon and Saumur until 1026; ⚭ I 1003/04 Mathilde von Normandie († probably 1005), daughter of Count Richard Fearless ( Rolloniden ); ⚭ II Ermengade of Auvergne († March 10 after 1042), daughter of Count Robert I of Auvergne ( Auvergne House )
          1. (II) Theobald III. or I. († 1089), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Meaux and Sancerre, lost the County of Beauvais after 1037, the County of Tours in 1044, the Count of Troyes in 1048 etc .; ⚭ I, repudiated 1048, Gersende von Maine, daughter of Earl Herbert ( Second House Maine ), she was second married to Alberto Azzo II. D'Este , Margrave of Este ( Este (family) ); ⚭ II Gundrade; ⚭ III before 1061 Adela von Crépy, († May 12, 1093/1100), daughter of Rudolf von Crépy and Adela von Breteuil - for descendants see below
          2. Stephan († before 1048), Count of Troyes etc 1032/47; ⚭ Adela - descendants see below: The Aumale branch line
          3. Bertha († April 11/13, 1085); ⚭ I 1018 Alain III. († poisoned 1040), 1008 Duke of Brittany; ⚭ II after May 14, 1046 Hugo IV of Maine († 1051) ( Second House Maine )
        3. Agnès (attested 1001/03); ⚭ Guido Vice Count of Thouars
        4. Dietrich († after 996)
        5. Bertha
      4. Emma († August 1 after 1003); ⚭ around 968 William II († 995/996), Count of Poitou ( Ramnulfiden )
    2. (II) Richard († 969), 956/957 Archbishop of Bourges

12th Century

  1. Theobald III. or I. († 1089), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Meaux and Sancerre, lost the County of Beauvais after 1037, the County of Tours in 1044, the Count of Troyes in 1048 etc .; ⚭ I, repudiated 1048, Gersende of Maine, daughter of Count Herbert I of Maine ( Second House of Maine ), she was second married to Alberto Azzo II. D'Este , Margrave of Este ( Este (family) ); ⚭ II Gundrade; ⚭ III before 1061 Adela von Crépy, († May 12, 1093/1100), daughter of Rudolf von Crépy and Adela von Breteuil - ancestors see above
    1. (II) Stephan , also called Heinrich (* 1046; † 1102), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Meaux and Sancerre; ⚭ 1081 Adela of England († 1138), regent in all counties from 1097, daughter of King William I of England, Duke of Normandy ( Rollonids )
      1. Wilhelm († before 1150), Count of Chartres, disinherited in 1102, lord of Sully in 1102 ; ⚭ Agnès de Sully, heir daughter of Gilon I von Sully and his wife Eldeburge - descendants: the lords of Sully († 1382) and the lords of Beaujeu-en-Berry († 1537)
      2. Theobald (Thibaut) IV. Or II. (Attested 1101; † 1152), Count of Blois, 1125 Count of Troyes etc, ⚭ 1123 Mathilde of Carinthia († December 13, 1160/1161), daughter of Duke Engelbert II Carinthia ( Spanheimer )
        1. Henry I the Generous (attested in 1134; † 1181), 1152 Count of Champagne and Brie; ⚭ 1164 Marie of France (* 1145; † 1198), 1181–1186 and 1190–1197 regent of Champagne, daughter of King Louis VII of France ( Capetian )
          1. Henry II. (Henri II.) (* 1166; † 1197), 1181 Count of Champagne and Brie, 1192 King of Jerusalem; ⚭ 1192 Elisabeth (Isabella) of Anjou (* 1172; † around 1206), 1192 Queen of Jerusalem, daughter of King Amalrich I of Jerusalem, widow of Humfried IV of Toron and Conrad of Montferrat, she married Amalrich of Lusignan in 1198 in her fourth marriage -Cyprus
            1. Marie († small)
            2. Adela († 1246), ⚭ I 1203 King Hugo I of Cyprus († 1218); ⚭ II 1225, canceled after 1227, Bohemund V († 1252), 1233 Prince of Antioch, ⚭ III 1241 Count Raoul de Soissons
            3. Philippa (1195/97 - December 20, 1250); ⚭ 1211/14 Érard I of Brienne-Ramerupt , Lord of Ramerupt and Vénozy
          2. Marie († 1204); ⚭ 1186 Baldwin VI. (IX.) († 1215), 1194 Count of Flanders, 1195 Count of Hainaut, 1204 Latin Emperor of Constantinople
          3. Theobald III. (* 1179; † 1201), 1198 Count of Champagne and Brie; ⚭ 1199 Blanka of Navarre († 1229), 1201–1222 regent of Champagne, daughter of King Sanchos VI. of Navarre - descendants see below
          4. Scholastica († 1219); ⚭ William IV († 1226), Count of Mâcon and Vienne ( House of Burgundy-Ivrea )
        2. Theobald V. the Good († 1191), 1152 Count of Blois and Chartres; ⚭ I Sibylle von Château-Renault , widow of NN d ' Auneau ; ⚭ II 1164 Adela (Alix) of France (* 1151; † after 1195), daughter of King Louis VII of France ( Capetian )
          1. (II) Theobald († small)
          2. (II) Ludwig I († 1205), 1191 Count of Blois; ⚭ 1184 Cathérine de Clermont († after 1208), daughter of Count Rudolf I of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis ( House of Clermont )
            1. Theobald VI. († 1218), 1205 Count of Blois and Clermont; ⚭ Clémence des Roches, she was second married to Geoffroy V. Vice Count of Châteaudun
          3. Heinrich († small)
          4. Philipp († small)
          5. Margarete († 1230), 1218 Countess of Blois and Châteaudun; ⚭ around 1183 Hugues III d'Oisy († 1189/90), Vice Count of Cambrai ; ⚭ II around 1190 Otto von Hohenstaufen († 1200), Count Palatine of Burgundy ( Staufer ); ⚭ III after 1200 Walter II of Avesnes (1191/1243 attested; † before 1246) Count of Blois, Guise etc. ( House of Avesnes )
          6. Adelheid, Abbess of Fontevrault in 1190
          7. Elisabeth (Isabella) († 1248), 1218 Countess of Chartres and Romorantin; ⚭ I Sulpice III. d'Amboise († before 1224); ⚭ II before 1224 Jean de Montmirail († before 1244), Vice Count of Cambrai
        3. Marie († probably 1190), 1162–1165 regent of Burgundy , after 1165 clerical, 1174 abbess of Fontevrault ; ⚭ 1145 Odo II. († 1162), 1143 Duke of Burgundy ( Capetian )
        4. Elisabeth (* 1130); ⚭ I 1139/40 Duke Roger of Apulia († 1148) ( Hauteville (noble family) ); ⚭ II around 1150/55 Guillaume Gost IV. De Montmirail († probably 1170), Baron von Le Perche-Gouet
        5. Stephan I († 1191), 1152 Count of Sancerre; ⚭ 1153 Ermesinde (Alix, Marie) de Donzy , daughter of Godefroy III, Lord of Donzy, Gien, Saint-Aignan, Cosne and Châtel-Censoir ( Semur house ) - descendants: the Counts of Sancerre († 1402/03) , including Wilhelm I.
        6. William with the white hands († 1202), 1164 Bishop of Chartres, 1176 Archbishop of Sens and Reims, cardinal
        7. Hugo, 1155 abbot of Cîteaux
        8. Mathilde (Mahaut); ⚭ Count Rotrou IV of Le Perche († 1191), ( House of Châteaudun )
        9. Agnès († August 7, 1207), mistress of Ligny ; ⚭ 1155 Rainald III. Count von Bar , († July 25, 1170) ( House of Scarponnois )
        10. Margarete, spiritually in Fontevrault
        11. Adela († 1206), 1190 regent of France; ⚭ 1160 King Louis VII of France († 1180) ( Capetian )
      3. Stephen (attested 1101; † 1154), 1128 Count of Boulogne, 1135 King of England; ⚭ 1125 Countess Mathilde, von Boulogne († 1151), heiress of Count Eustach III. and Mary of Scotland
        1. Baldwin († 1135)
        2. Eustach IV († 1153), 1150 Count of Boulogne; ⚭ 1140 Constanze of France († 1176), daughter of King Louis VI. of France ( Capetian ), she married in 1154 Raimund V of Toulouse in second marriage
        3. Wilhelm , († October 11, 1159), 1153 Earl of Boulogne and Mortain , Earl of Warren (Varennes), Earl of Surrey , Lord of Norwich and Pevensey; ⚭ before November 6, 1153 Elizabeth de Warenne († July 12, 1199), daughter of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey , she married in 1163 Hamelin († 1202) in second marriage
        4. Matilda, † probably 1135
        5. Marie , 1159–1169 / 70 Countess of Boulogne, Abbess of Romsey Abbey ; ⚭ before 1160, divorced 1160/70, Matthew of Alsace († 1173), 1160 Count of Boulogne ( House of Châtenois )
      4. Heinrich († 1171), clerical in Cluny, 1129 Bishop of Winchester
      5. Odo († after 1107)
      6. Mathilde († November 25, 1120 ( White Ship )); ⚭ 1115 Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester , Vice Count of Avranches, († 1120 (White Ship)) ( House of Conteville )
      7. Lithuaise; ⚭ around 1112, divorced 1113, Milon II of Montlhéry († 1118), Vice Count of Troyes ( House of Montlhéry )
    2. (III) Odo III. († January 1, 1090/5 April 1097), Count of Troyes etc .;
    3. (III) Philip († 1100), 1093 Bishop of Châlons
    4. (III) Hugo I († 1126), 1097 Count of Troyes, Vitry and Bar-sur-Aube, 1125 Templar; ⚭ I 1093/1095, divorced 1104, Constance of France († 1124/1126), daughter of King Philip I of France ( Capetian ), she married Bohemond of Taranto († 1111) in 1106 , Prince of Taranto in 1088, 1098 Prince of Antioch ( Hauteville (noble family) ); ⚭ II around 1110 Isabella of Burgundy († after 1125), daughter of Stephan I, Count of Mâcon ( House of Burgundy-Ivrea )
      1. (II) Odo von Champlitte (1123 – after 1187), expelled, Herr von Champlitte
        1. Odo II of Champlitte , called "le Champenois" († May 1204), crusader of the Fourth Crusade
        2. Wilhelm I of Champlitte († 1209), Vice Count of Dijon and Prince of Achaia

The kings of Navarre

  1. Theobald III. (* 1179; † 1201), 1198 Count of Champagne and Brie; ⚭ 1199 Blanka of Navarre († 1229), 1201–1222 regent of Champagne, daughter of King Sanchos VI. of Navarre - ancestors see above
    1. Theobald I the Great (* 1201; † 1253), 1201 Peer of France, a minor until 1222, 1234 King of Navarre; ⚭ I 1220, divorced in 1222, Gertrud von Dagsburg († before March 19, 1225), daughter of Count Albert II. Von Dagsburg , widow of Duke Theobald I of Lorraine ( House of Châtenois ), she married in third marriage in 1223 Simon von Leiningen ( † 1234/36) ( Saargaugrafen ); ⚭ II 1222 Agnes von Beaujeu († 1231), daughter of Guichard IV , lord of Beaujeu ( House of Beaujeu ); ⚭ III 1232 Margaret of Bourbon († April 12, 1256), 1253–1256 regent of Champagne and Navarre, daughter of Archambault VIII , lord of Bourbon
      1. (II) Blanka (* 1226; † 1283); ⚭ 1236 John I the Red Duke of Brittany († 1286)
      2. (III) Theobald II (* 1238; † 1270), 1253 (as Theobald V) Count of Champagne, Peer of France and King of Navarre, underage until 1256; ⚭ April 6, 1255 Elisabeth (Isabelle) of France (March 2, 1242, † April 27, 1271), daughter of King Louis IX. of France ( Capetians )
        1. (illegitimate, mother: Marquesa Gil de Rada) daughter , Marquesa de Navarra; ⚭ Pedro Fernandéz, lord of Híjar , bastard of Aragon
      3. (III) Peter (Pierre, Pedro) († 1265), Lord of Muruzabal
      4. (III) Eleonore (* probably 1233; † small)
      5. Beatrix (Béatrice) (* 1242, † February 1295), mistress of L'Isle-sous-Montréal ; ⚭ 1258 Duke Hugo IV of Burgundy († 1272) ( Capetian )
      6. Margareta († August 10, 1306/07); ⚭ 1255 Duke Friedrich III. of Lorraine († 1302) ( House of Châtenois )
      7. (III) Henry I the Fat (testified to 1259; † 1274), 1271 (as Henry III.) Count of Champagne and Brie, Peer of France, King of Navarre, Count of Rosnay; ⚭ before 1269 Blanche d'Artois († 1302), 1275–1283 regent of Champagne and Navarra, daughter of Count Robert I of Artois ( Capetian ), she married Edmund Crouchback († 1296), Prince of England, in her second marriage in 1276 , 1275–1283 regent of Champagne and Navarre
        1. Theobald († 1273)
        2. Johanna (* 1273; † 1305), 1274–1284 Queen of Navarre, Countess of Champagne and Brie, Bigorre etc .; ⚭ 1284 Philip IV the Handsome († 1314), 1284–1314 King of France, 1284–1305 King of Navarre ( Capetian )
      8. (illegitimate) Margerita de Navarra; ⚭ Alvar Pérez de Azagra, Lord of Albarracín
      9. (illegitimate) Wilhelm (Guillaume) († December 30, before 1267), spiritual
      10. (illegitimate) Elide († small)
      11. (illegitimate) Berenguela, prioress of San Pedro de Ribas
    2. Daughter († small)

The Aumale branch line

  1. Stephan († before 1048), Count of Troyes etc 1032/47; ⚭ Adela - ancestors see above
    1. Odo II. († after 1096), 1048–1063 Count of Troyes etc, around 1070 Count of Aumale; ⚭ around 1060 Adela († 1081/84), illegitimate daughter of Duke Robert I of Normandy ( Rolloniden ), widow of Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu and Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens
      1. Stephan († probably 1127), probably in 1100 Count of Aumale or Earl of Albemarle, Lord of Holderness; ⚭ Hedwig
        1. Wilhelm († 1179), around 1127 Count of Aumale, Earl of York; ⚭ Cecily Fitzduncan († before 1190), daughter of William FitzDuncan , Earl of Moray and illegitimate son of King Duncan II of Scotland
          1. Hawise († March 11, 1214); ⚭ I January 14, 1180 William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex , Count of Aumale († 1189); ⚭ II after July 2, 1190 William von Les Forts, Count of Aumale († 1195); ⚭ III Baudouin de Béthune , Lord of Chocques, Count of Aumale († 1211) ( House of Béthune )
        2. Stephan († after 1150)
        3. Ingelram († after 1150)
        4. Agnes; ⚭ I William de Roumare († 1150), son of William de Roumare, 1st Earl of Lincoln ; ⚭ II Peter Bruce Lord Skelton
        5. Adelise, † probably before 1168; ⚭ (1) Robert II. Bertrand, † after 1100, Seigneur de Bricquebec ( House of Bastembourg ); ⚭ (2) Ingelger de Bohun

literature

used therein:

  • Siegfried Rösch: Caroli Magni Progenies I , Neustadt / Aisch 1977
  • Erich Brandenburg : The Descendants of Charlemagne , Leipzig 1935 (Family and ancestry tables of the Central Agency for German Personal and Family History, Volume XI)
  • Eberhard Winkhaus : Ancestors of Charlemagne and Widukind , Ennepetal 1950, additions 1953
  • Gerald Paget: The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Charles Prince of Wales I , Edinburgh and London 1977
  • MH d'Arbois de Jubainville: Histoire des Duc et des Comtes de Champagne I-IV , Paris 1859–1865, V-VI: Catalog des Actes des Comtes de Champagne, Paris 1863 and 1866
  • Comte Raoul de Warren : La Terre de Saint-Gervais au Val-de-Loire , Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 1965
  • Auguste Molinier, M. Auguste Lognon (eds.): Recueil des Historiens de la France. Obituaires , Volume II: Obituaires de la Province de Sens (Diocèse de Chartres), Paris 1906