The House of CHAMPAGNE-BLOIS

sometime Kings of Navarre

 

 

 

 

One Thibaut=Tetbald who in 908 was Vicomte de Tours, and later was Comte de Blois, d.ca 942; he m.1st NN; he m.2nd Richildis (parentage uncertain, but according to some sources she was daughter of Hugues, Cte de Bourges, by Rothaut, a dau.of King Charles II of the West Franks); by this 2nd marriage he had one son: Richard, Archbishop of Bourges (d.969); by the first marriage he also had one son:

 

   Thibaut I "le Trecheur", Cte de Blois, de Rennes, de Chartres et de Chateaudun, Vcte de Tours, sn de Chino, Samur et de Beaugency; he d.16 Jan 975; m. 943/4 Ledgard (d.after 978), dau of Heribert Cte de Vermandois, and idow of Ct William of Normandy; they had issue:

 

1a) Thibaut de Blois, k.a.by 962

 

2a) Hugues de Blois, Archbishop of Bourges 969, d.2 Jan 985

 

3a) Eudes I, Cte de Blois, de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Tours, de Beauvais et de Dreux, etc, d.12 Mar 995; m.Bertha (d.after 1016) dau.of King Conrad of Burgundy (and later wife of King Robert II of France)

 

1b) Thibaut II, Cte de Blois, who became a priest; d.11 Jul 1004

 

2b) Eudes II, Cte de Blois, de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Tours, et de Beauvais, 1019/25 Cte de Troyes et de Meaux, Cte de Sancerre, sn de Saumur et de Chinon, etc, d.15 Nov 1037; m.1st 1003/4 Matilda (dsp ca 1005) dau.of Ct Richard of Normandy; m.2nd Ermengarde (d.after 1042) dau.of Robert Cte d'Auvergne

 

1c) Thibaut III, Cte de Blois, de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Meaux, et de Sancerre, 1048 Cte de Troyes, etc; he lost Beauvais some time after 1037; d.29/30 Sep 1089; m.1st Gersende (whom he repudiated 1048) dau.of Herbert Cte de Maine (and later wife of Azzo d’Este); m.2nd Gundrada N; m.3rd before 1061 Adela=Alix (d.1093/1100) dau.of Raoul de Crépy

 

[by 2nd m.]:

 

1d) Etienne=Henri, Cte de Blois, de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Sancerre et de Meaux (1046-k.a.Ramleh 19 May 1102); m.1081 Adela (d.8 Mar 1138) dau.of King William I "the Conqueror" of England

 

1e) Guillaume, Cte de Chartres; he was disinherited 1102 and became merely Sire de Sully; he d.ca 1150; m.Agnès, dau.of Gilles de Sully; for his descendants see Part 2

 

2e) Thibaut IV, Cte de Blois, 1125 Cte de Troyes, etc, d.8 Oct 1152; m.1123 Mathilde (d.1160/1) dau.of Duke Engelbert II of Carinthia

 

1f) Henri I "le Liberal", Cte de Champagne et de Brie, d.17 Mar 1181; m.1164 Marie (1145-11 Mar 1198), dau.of King Louis VII of France

 

1g) Henri II, Cte de Champagne et de Brie; became in 1192 (in right of his wife) King of Jerusalem (29 Jul 1166-10 Sep 1197); m.1192 Isabelle d'Anjou, Queen of Jerusalem (1172-ca 1206) dau.of Amalric d'Anjou, King of Jerusalem

 

1h) Marie, d.young

 

2h) Adela=Alix de Champagne, Queen of Jerusalem, d.1247; m.1st 1203 Hugh de Lusignan, King of Cyprus (d.1218); m.2nd shortly before 11 Aug 1225 (annulled after 5 Jul 1227) Bohemund V de Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (d.1252); m.3rd 1241 Raoul de Soissons

 

3h) Philippe (1195/7-20 Dec 1250); m.1211/14 Erard de Brienne, sn de Ramerupt et de Venizy (fl 1244)

 

2g) Thibaut III, Cte de Champagne et de Brie (13 May 1179-24 May 1201); m.1 Jul 1199 Blanca (d.12/14 Mar 1229) dau.of King Sancho VI of Navarre

 

1h) Theobald I "le Grand", 1234 King of Navarre, Cte de Champagne et de Brie (Pamplona 1201-8 Jul 1253); m.1st May 1220 Gertrud (d.ca 1225) dau.of Albert Gf von Dagsburg; m.2nd 1222 Agnès (d.11 Jul 1231) dau.of Guichard de Beaujeu; m.3rd 22 Sep 1232 Marguerite (d.Provins, Brie, 12 Apr 1256), dau of Archambault de Dampierre, Sire de Bourbon

 

1i) Blanca (1226-11 Aug 1283); m.ca 1236 Jean I, Duc de Bretagne (d.8 Oct 1286)

 

2i) Eleonora of Navarre, b.ca 1233, d.young

 

3i) Theobald II, King of Navarre, Cte de Champagne et de Brie (1238-Trapani 4 Dec 1270); m.6 Apr 1255 Isabelle (2 Mar 1242-27 Apr 1271) dau.of King Louis IX of France

 

1j) [by Marquesa Gil de Rada] Marquesa de Navarra; m.Pedro Fernandez, sn de Hijar, bastard of Aragón

 

4i) Pedro, sn de Muruzabal, d.1265

 

5i) Beatrix, Dame de l'Isle-sous-Montreal (1242-Feb 1295); m.Nov 1258 Hugues IV, Duc de Bourgogne (d.27 Oct 1272)

 

6i) Margareta, d.1306/7; m.10 Jul 1255 Duke Frederick III of Lorraine (d.31 Dec 1302)

 

7i) Henry I, King of Navarre, Cte de Champagne et de Brie, d.22 Jul 1274; m.before Feb 1269 Blanche (d.2 May 1302), dau of Robert Cte d’Artois

 

1j) Theobald, d.1273

 

2j) Joanna, 1274 Queen of Navarre, Cts de Champagne, de Brie et de Bigorre (Jan 1272-2 Apr 1305); m.16 Aug 1284 King Philippe IV of France (d.29 Nov 1314)

 

8i) [illegitimate] Guillermo de Navarra, a priest, d.before 1267

 

9i) [illegitimate] Margarita de Navarra; m.Alvar Perez de Azagra, sn de Albarracin

 

10i) [illegitimate] Elida de Navarra, d.young

 

11i) [illegitimate] Berenguela de Navarra, Prioress of San Pedro de Ribas

 

3g) Marie, d.9 Aug 1204; m.6 Jan 1186 Ct Baldwin of Flanders, Emperor of Constantinople (d.11 Jun 1215)

 

4g) Scholastica, d.1219; m.Guillaume, Cte de Macon et de Vienne (d.1226)

 

2f) Thibaut IV "le Bon", Cte de Blois et de Chartres, d.Acre 1191; m.1st Sibylle de Châteaurenard, widow of N d’Anneau; m.2nd 1164 Adela=Alix (b.1151, d.after 1195) dau.of King Louis VII of France; all children were by 2nd marriage

 

1g) Thibaut, d.young

 

2g) Louis, Cte de Blois, d.15 Apr 1205; m.1184 Catherine (d.after 1208), dau of Raoul Cte de Clermont

 

1h) Thibaut VI, Cte de Blois et de Clermont, d.1218; m.Clemence des Roches; according to some sources he m.2nd Matilda d'Alencon

 

3g) Henri, d.young

 

4g) Philippe, d.young

 

5g) Marguerite, 1218 Cts de Blois et de Châteaudun, d.12 Jul 1230; m.1st ca 1183 Hugues III d'Oisy, Vcte de Cambrai (d.1189/90); m.2nd ca 1190 Otto von Hohenstaufen, Ct Palatine of Burgundy (d.1200); m.3rd after 1200 Gautier d'Avesnes, Cte de Blois, de Guise, etc (d.ca 1246)

 

6g) Adelaide, Abbess of Fontevrault 1190

 

7g) Isabelle, Cts de Chartres et de Romorantin, d.25 Nov 1248; m.1st Sulpice d'Amboise; m.2nd before 1224 Jean de Montmirail, Vcte de Cambrai (d.ca 1244)

 

3f) Etienne de Blois, Cte de Sancerre, d.Acre 1191; m.1153 Alix=Matilda, dau.of Godefroy, sn de Donzy; for his descendants see Part 3

 

4f) Guillaume, Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, Bpof Chartres, d.7 Sep 1202

 

5f) Hugues, Abbot of Citeaux 1155

 

6f) Marie; after 1165 she was a nun, 1174 Abbess of Fontevrault; d.ca 1190; m.1145 Eudes II, Duc de Bourgogne (d.1162)

 

7f) Isabelle, b.1130; m.1st 1139/40 Roger, Duke of Apulia (d.1148); m.2nd 1150/5 Guillaume Goet de Montmirail, Baron du Perche-Gouet (d.ca 1170)

 

8f) Mahaut; m.Cte Rotrou III du Perche (d.1191)

 

9f) Agnes, Dame de Ligny, d.7 Aug 1207; m.1155 Ct Reinald III of Bar (d.1170)

 

10f) Marguerite, a nun at Fontevrault

 

11f) Adela=Alix, d.4 Jun 1206; m.18 Oct 1160 King Louis VII of France (d.1180)

 

3e) Etienne de Blois, Cte de Boulogne, King [Stephen] of England 1135; d.25 Oct 1254; m.1125 Matilda, Cts de Boulogne-sur-Mer (d.30 May 1151)

 

1f) Baudoin de Blois, d.ca 1135

 

2f) Eustache IV, Cte de Boulogne, d.10 Aug 1154; m.Feb 1140 Constance (d.16 Aug 1176) dau.of King Louis VI of France

 

3f) William=Guillaume de Blois, Cte de Boulogne et de Mortain, called Earl de Warenne or Earl of Surrey, from his marriage, Lord of Pevensey and Norwich, d.11 Oct 1159; m.before 6 Nov 1153 Isabelle de Warenne (d.12 Jul 1199)

 

4f) Mahaut de Blois, d.ca 1135

 

5f) Marie de Blois, Cts de Boulogne, Abbess of Romsey; m.before 1160 (div 1169/70) Matthias of Lorraine, Cte de Boulogne (k.a.25 Dec 1173)

 

6f) [by Dameta N] Gervais of Blois, Abbot of Westminster

 

4e) Henri de Blois, Bp of Winchester, d.1 Jul 1171

 

5e) Eudes de Blois, d.after 1107

 

6e) Mahaut de Blois; m.1115 Richard d'Avranches, Earl of Chester (d.25 Nov 1120)

 

7e) Lithuaise de Blois; m.ca 1112 (div 1113) Milon de Monthlery, Vcte de Troyes (d.1118)

 

[by 2nd m.]:

 

2d) Eudes IV, Cte de Troyes, d.1090/7

 

3d) Philippe de Blois, Bp of Chalons-sur-Marne, d.1100

 

4d) Hugues I, Cte de Troyes, d.14 Jun 1126; m.1st 1093/5 (div 1104) Constance (d.1124/6), dau.of King Philippe I of France; m.2nd ca 1110 Isabelle (d.after 1125), dau of Etienne de Bourgogne, Cte de Macon

 

2c) Etienne I, Cte de Troyes, d.ca 1048; m.Adela N

 

1d) Eudes III, Cte de Troyes et d'Aumale, d.after 1096; m.ca 1060 Adela (d.1081/4), dau.of Duke Robert of Normandy (and sister of William the Conqueror)

 

1e) Etienne=Stephen, Cte d'Aumale, d.ca 1127; m.Hawise [probably de Mortimer]

 

1f) William "le Gros", Cte d'Aumale, Lord of Holderness, d.20 Aug 1179; m.Cicely, Lady of Skipton, dau.of William FitzDuncan by Alice, Lady of Skipton (dau.of William le Meschin)

 

1g) Hawise, Cts d'Aumale, Lady of Holderness, d.11 Mar 1214; m.1st 14 Jan 1180 William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex (d.1189); m.2nd after 3 Jul 1190 William des Forts (Forz), Cte d'Aumale (d.1195); m.3rd Baudoin de Bethune, Cte d'Aumale (d.1211)

 

2f) Stephen, d.after 1150

 

3f) Ingelram, d.after 1150

 

4f) Agnes; m.1st William de Roumare (d.1150); m.2nd Peter Bruce, Lord of Skelton

 

3c) Bertha, d. Apr 1085; m.1st 1018 Alain III, Duc de Bretagne (d.1040); m.2nd after 14 May 1046 Hugues IV, Cte de Maine (d.1051)

 

3b) Thierry, d.after 996

 

4b) Agnes, fl 1001/3; m.Vcte Guy de Thouars

 

5b) Bertha

 

4a) Emma de Blois, d.after 1003; m.ca 968 Cte Guillaume II de Poitou (d.995/6)

 

5a) according to some sources, there was a 2nd daughter, Hildegarde, who m.1st Bouchard de Montmorency, and m.2nd Hugues de Châteaudun