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The House of Blois-Champagne, which was founded by Theobold II in 1025, split into several branches. The House of Blois-Chartres, which was founded by Theobold V of Blois inherited the counties of Blois and Chartres and others in 1152. His descendants would hold the counties until the deaths of Margaret and Isabella, to which the branch became ...
Château of Blois. During the Middle Ages, the counts of Blois were among the most powerful vassals of the King of France . This title of nobility seems to have been created in 832 by Emperor Louis the Pious for Count William, the youngest son of Adrian, Count of Orléans. Over a few decades, the county was gathered to the royal lands of France ...
PortraitNameReignOther TitlesTheobald I of Blois, aka Theobald the ...940–977Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Son of Theobald the Elder and Richilde.Odo I of Blois (c. 950 – died in 996)977–996Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Second son of Count Theobald I and ...Theobald II of Blois (c. 983 – 11 July ...996–1004Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Elder son of Count Odo I, her reign was ...Odo II of Blois (c. 985 – 15 Nov.1004–1037Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Younger brother of Count Theobald II, he ...Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions: Can you list the top facts and stats about House of Blois? The House of Blois ( French: [ blwa]) was a noble family that arose in the Kingdom of West Francia in the early 10th century, and whose prominent members were often named Theobald ( Thibaud, Thibault, Thibaut ...
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Theobald I was the son of Theobald the Elder of Blois, who from 908 on was Viscount of Tours,and of Richildis, which origins are discussed. The acquisition of the count's title around 940 was linked to the arrival of a new generation of counts on Robertian lands. In 936, Hugh the Great was invested with the title of Duke of the Franks, which replac...
Theobald and his first wife of rorgonid originhad: 1. Theobald (d. 962). 2. Hildegarde, married Bouchard de Bray, Lord of Montmorency. Theobald and his wife Luitgarde of Vermandois had: 1. Hugh, Archbishop of Bourges (d. 985). 2. Odo(d. 995), succeeded his father as Count of Blois 3. Emma (d. aft. 1003), married William IV of Aquitaine. 4. Berta, m...
Bachrach, Bernard S. (1993). Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040. University of California Press.Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty. Hambledon Continuum.Livingstone, Amy (2010). Out of Love for My Kin: Aristocratic Family Life in the Lands of the Loire, 1000-1200. Cornell University Press.d'Orcet, Claude-Sothene Grasset (2003). Œuvres décryptées(in French). Vol. 2. E-dite.H. Henry of Sully (died 1189) Henry I, Count of Champagne. Henry I of Navarre. Henry II, Count of Champagne. Henry II, Count of Eu. Henry of Blois. Hugh, abbot of Lagny. Hugh, Count of Champagne.
The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France.It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around AD 500.Between the 8th and the 13th centuries, it was amongst the most powerful vassal counties within the Kingdom of France, after having succeeded in surrounding the Capetian dynasty's lands of France since Blois annexed the Champagne.
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In 1230 it passed to the House of Châtillon and was further divided. In the late 14th century Blois was sold to Louis de France, duc d’Orléans. In 1498 his grandson became king of France as Louis XII, and Blois passed to the crown. Gaston de France, duc d’Orléans, held Blois as an appanage from 1626 to 1660. Subsequently, Louis XIV gave ...
