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- Theobald II, Count of Champagne
- Theobald IV, Count de Blois
- Thibaut "le Grande"
- House of Blois
Theobald II de Champage, Count of Blois, Count of Champagne, was born 1088 in Blois, France to Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102) and Adela of Normandy (c1062-1138) and died 8 January 1152 of unspecified causes. He married Mathilde von Spanheim (c1107-c1160) 1123 JL .
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.
Career
Theobald was the son of Count Stephen II of Blois and his wife Adela of Normandy (daughter of William the Conqueror),[1] and the elder brother of King Stephen of England. Although he was the second son, Theobald was appointed above his older brother William. Theobald accompanied his mother throughout their domain on hundreds of occasions and, after her retirement to Marcigney in 1125, he administered the family properties with great skill. Adela died in her beloved convent on 8 March 1137, the year after her son Stephen was crowned king of England.[2]
King Louis VII of France became involved in a war with Theobald by permitting Count Raoul I of Vermandois and seneschal of France, to repudiate his wife Eleanor, Theobald's sister, and to marry Petronilla of Aquitaine, sister of Louis VII's wife, Eleanor. The war, which lasted two years (1142–1144), was marked by the occupation of Champagne by the royal army and the capture of Vitry-le-François, where 1500 people perished in the deliberate burning of the church by Louis.[3] The scholastic Pierre Abélard, famous for his love affair with and subsequent marriage to his student Héloïse d'Argenteuil, sought asylum in Champagne during Theobald II's reign. Abelard died at Cluny Abbey in Burgundy, a monastery supported by the Thebaudians for many centuries.
Marriage and issue
In 1123 he married Matilda, daughter of Duke Engelbert of Carinthia.[4] Their children were:
- Henri Ier de Champagne (c1126-1181), count of Champagne[4]
- Thibaut V de Blois (1130-1191), count of Blois and seneschal of France[4]
- Alice de Champagne (1140-1206), queen of France as the wife of King Louis VII of France[4]
- Elisabeth de Champagne (1130-), Duchess of Apulia, married 1. Duke Roger III of Apulia d. 1148,[5] 2. William Gouet IV d. 1170
- Marie de Champagne (c1130-c1177), married Duke Odo II of Burgundy, became abbess of Fontevrault later in life.[6]
- Stephen I of Sancerre 1133–1191, count of Sancerre[4] and crusader, died at the Siege of Acre
- William White Hands, 1135–1202, archbishop of Reims 1176–1202, Cardinal 1179[4]
- Agnès de Champagne (1138-1207), dame de Ligny, married Renaut II of Bar (d. 1170).[6]
- Margaret de Champagne, nun at Fontevrault
- Mathilde de Champagne (-1184), wife of Rotrou IV of Perche[7]
Theobald had an illegitimate son, Hugh, (d.1171), abbot of Lagny near Paris.[4]
- Hugh de Champagne (c1136-1171)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henri Ier de Champagne (c1126-1181) | December 1127 | 17 March 1181 Troyes, France | Marie Capet (1145-1198) |
| Marie de Champagne (c1130-c1177) | 1130 | 1177 | Eudes II de Bourgogne (1118-1162) |
| Thibaut V de Blois (1130-1191) | 1130 | 20 January 1191 | Sybil of Chateaurenault Alice Capet (1150-1199) |
| Elisabeth de Champagne (1130-) | 1130 | Roger of Sicily (1118-1148) Guillaume Gouët (-c1170) | |
| Étienne I de Sancerre (1133-1191) | 1133 | 1191 Acre | Alix de Donzy (1135-1163) Mathilde |
| Guillaume de Champagne (1135-1202) | |||
| Mathilde de Champagne (-1184) | 1184 | Rotrou IV du Perche (-1191) | |
| Agnès de Champagne (1138-1207) | 1138 | 1207 | Renaud II de Bar (1115-1170) |
| Alice de Champagne (1140-1206) | 1140 Blois, France | 4 June 1206 Paris, France | Louis VII de France (1120-1180) |
| Margaret de Champagne | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Hugh de Champagne (c1136-1171) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sybille de Blois (c1100-c1147) | 1100 | 1147 | Hervé II de Léon (c1110-1168) |
Ancestry
Theobald II de Champagne is a direct descendant of Rollo of Normandy (860-932), William I of England (1027-1087) and Charlemagne (747-814) via a great many noble families of Europe in her ancestry.
See Also
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- House of Blois
- wikipedia:en:Theobald II, Count of Champagne
- Thibaud IV, Comte de Blois at thePeerage
- Thibault "Le Grande" IV de Blois, II de Champagne - Geni.com
- Thibaut II “Le Grand” de Champagne at Find A Grave
- Baldwin, John W. (2002). Aristocratic Life in Medieval France. Johns Hopkins University.
- Cline, Ruth Harwood (2007). "Abbot Hugh: An Overlooked Brother of Henry I, Count of Champagne". The Catholic Historical Review 93, No. 3 (July): 501-516.
- Davis, R.H.C. (1967). King Stephen, 1135-1154. University of California Press.
- Dunbabin, Jean (1985). France in the Making, 943-1180. Oxford University Press.
- Fassler, Margot Elsbeth (2010). The Virgin of Chartres: Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts. Yale University Press.
- Kaeuper, Richard W. (2016). Medieval Chivalry. Cambridge University Press.
- LoPrete, Kimberly (2007). Adela, Countess and Lord. Fourcourts Press.
References
- ^ Davis 1967, p. 172.
- ^ LoPrete 2007, p. 416-417.
- ^ Kaeuper 2016, p. 202.
- ^ a b c d e f g Cline 2007, p. 501-502.
- ^ Dunbabin 1985, p. 390.
- ^ a b Fassler 2010, p. 457.
- ^ Baldwin 2002, p. 46.
Theobald II de Champagne (c1088-1152) House of Blois Born: 1090 Died: 10 January 1152
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| Preceded by William the Simple |
Count of Blois 1102–1152 |
Succeeded by Theobald V |
| Preceded by Hugh |
Count of Champagne 1125–1152 |
Succeeded by Henry I |
