Theobald V. (Blois)

Theobald V. von Blois ( French Thibaut ; * around 1130; † 1191 before Akkon ), called the Good ( le Bon ), was a count of Blois , Chartres and the county of Châteaudun from 1151 to 1191 from the House of Blois . He was a son of Count Theobald IV./II. von Blois-Champagne and his wife Mathilde, daughter of Duke Engelbert of Carinthia .

biography

After the death of his father in 1151, Theobald received the family estates from his older brother Heinrich . In order to continue to guarantee the political unity of the House of Blois, Theobald had to swear allegiance to his brother, a vassal relationship that passed on to his descendants and was only to be ended in 1234 by Count Theobald IV of Champagne . Theobald lived mainly in the city of Chartres , whose walls he had renewed.

In addition to Gottfried VI. Theobald of Anjou was the one who tried unsuccessfully in 1152 to kidnap the newly divorced Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine on her way from Beaugency to Poitiers . He became a follower of King Louis VII , by whom he was appointed a Seneschal of France in 1154 . With the marriage of his sister Adela to the king in 1160, the House of Blois gained a dominant influence on the royal court. In 1164 Theobald married the princess Alix , a daughter of the king and Eleanor.

Theobald got into conflict with his nephew Philip II after he broke away from the tutelage of the Blois family and joined forces with Count Philip I of Flanders . Theobald stayed away from Philip's coronation in 1180 and revolted against him with his younger brothers Stephan I. von Sancerre and Archbishop Wilhelm von Reims . But until 1182 they were defeated and had to submit.

In the wake of the king, Theobald took part in the third crusade and, like his brother Stephan von Sancerre, fell during the siege of Acre in 1191 . He was buried in the abbey of Pontigny . The post of Seneschal of France was no longer granted after his death.

progeny

Before his marriage to Alix, Theobald was married to Sibylle von Château-Renault , who brought her ancestral property into the marriage. This marriage remained childless.

From his marriage to Alix († 1197/1198) he had seven children:

Theobald, Heinrich and Philipp († young)

Margarete (* probably 1170; † July 12, 1230), was Countess Palatine of Burgundy from 1202 to 1208 and Countess of Blois and Châteaudun from 1218

∞ around 1183 with Hugues III. d'Oisy, Châtelain de Cambrai and Vice-Count of Meaux
∞ around 1190 Count Palatine Otto I of Burgundy († 1200), fourth son of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa
∞ with Walter II of Avesnes († 1245/46), Lord of Avesnes , Leuze , Condé and Guise

Ludwig I (* around 1171/72; † died on April 15, 1205 in the Battle of Adrianople ), Count of Blois, Chartres and Châteaudun

Isabella († November 25, 1248), who was her nephew Theobald VI. left the county of Chartres and the lordship of Château-Renault.

∞ before 1196 with Sulpice III. from Amboise
∞ before 1224 with John II of Montmirail, Vice Count of Meaux , Châtelain de Cambrai

Adeláide (Alix) († 1244), abbess of Fontevrault Abbey since 1227

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Individual proof

↑ Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 148. His death is listed here under the year 1190.

predecessor	Office	successor
Theobald IV (Theobald II of Champagne)	Count of Blois Count of Chartres Count of Châteaudun 1151–1191	Ludwig

personal data
SURNAME	Theobald V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Theobald the good
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Earl of Blois and Earl of Chartres
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1130
DATE OF DEATH	1191
Place of death	Acre

[1] Gesta Regis Henrici secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 148. His death is listed here under the year 1190.