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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:

  1. Henri Ier de Champagne (c1126-1181), count of Champagne[4]
  2. Thibaut V de Blois (1130-1191), count of Blois and seneschal of France[4]
  3. Alice de Champagne (1140-1206), queen of France as the wife of King Louis VII of France[4]
  4. Elisabeth de Champagne (1130-), Duchess of Apulia, married 1. Duke Roger III of Apulia d. 1148,[5] 2. William Gouet IV d. 1170
  5. Marie de Champagne (c1130-c1177), married Duke Odo II of Burgundy, became abbess of Fontevrault later in life.[6]
  6. Stephen I of Sancerre 1133–1191, count of Sancerre[4] and crusader, died at the Siege of Acre
  7. William White Hands, 1135–1202, archbishop of Reims 1176–1202, Cardinal 1179[4]
  8. Agnès de Champagne (1138-1207), dame de Ligny, married Renaut II of Bar (d. 1170).[6]
  9. Margaret de Champagne, nun at Fontevrault
  10. 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]

  1. Hugh de Champagne (c1136-1171)


Children


Offspring of Theobald II de Champagne and Mathilde von Spanheim (c1107-c1160)
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


Offspring of Theobald II de Champagne and unknown parent
Name Birth Death Joined with
Hugh de Champagne (c1136-1171)



Siblings


Offspring of Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102) and Adela of Normandy (c1062-1138)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Guillaume of Blois (c1086-1150) 1086 Blois 1150 Agnes de Sully (c1085-c1102)
Theobald II, Count of Champagne (c1088-1152) 1088 Blois, France 8 January 1152 Mathilde von Spanheim (c1107-c1160)
Odo of Blois (c1090-) 1090 Blois
Adélaïde de Blois (c1092-c1139) 1092 Blois 1139 Milon de Montlhéry (1085-1118)
Humbert of Blois (c1094-) 1094 Blois
Stephen of England (c1095-1154) 1095 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France 25 October 1154 Dover Priory, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom Damette (c1095-)
Matilda de Boulogne (1105-1152)
Maud of Blois (c1097-1120) 1097 Blois 25 November 1120 English Channel Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (1094-1120)
Henry of Blois (c1098-1171) 1098 Blois 8 August 1171
Agnes of Blois (c1099-1129) 1099 Blois 1129 Hugh III du Puiset (-1132)
Alix of Blois (c1100-1145) 1100 Blois 1145 Renaud de Joigny (c1090-1134)
Eléonore of Blois (c1104-1147) 1102 1147 Raoul I de Vermandois (1085-1152)


Offspring of Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102) and unknown parent
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

References

  1. ^ Davis 1967, p. 172.
  2. ^ LoPrete 2007, p. 416-417.
  3. ^ Kaeuper 2016, p. 202.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Cline 2007, p. 501-502.
  5. ^ Dunbabin 1985, p. 390.
  6. ^ a b Fassler 2010, p. 457.
  7. ^ Baldwin 2002, p. 46.
Theobald II de Champagne (c1088-1152)
House of Blois
Born: 1090 Died: 10 January 1152
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







Footnotes (including sources)

Bergsmit, Rtol, Phlox, Thurstan, MainTour

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