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Theobald III of Champagne

Male 1179 - 1201  (22 years)


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  • Name Theobald III of Champagne 
    Born 13 Jan 1179  Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 May 1201 
    Person ID I149539  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2007 

    Father Henry I of Champagne,   b. 1124, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1181, Troyes, Champagne, Dijon, Cantal, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Marie of Champagne,   b. 1145, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1198, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 1164 
    Family ID F59898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Blanche of Navarre,   b. cir 1180, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1229 
    Children 
     1. Theobald I of Navarre,   b. 03 May 1201, Navarre, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jul 1253, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F59936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He succeeded as count of Champagne in 1197 upon the death of his older brother Henry II. In 1198, Pope Innocent III called the Fourth Crusade. There was little enthusiasm for the crusade at first, but in 1199 various nobles of France gathered at Theobald's court for a tournament, including the preacher Fulk of Neuilly. There, they "took the cross," and elected Theobald their leader, but he died the next year and was replaced by Boniface of Montferrat. Theobald married Blanche of Navarre, and was succeeded by his posthumous son by Blanche, Theobald IV. She was to rule as regent for the following 21 years, during which the succession was contested by Theobald's nieces. (Wikipedia)