House of Blois

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House of Blois

Royal house

Arms of the House of Blois

Country| West Francia
France
Navarre
England
Jerusalem
Founded| 906; 1118 years ago (906)
Founder| Theobald the Elder
Titles|

* King of England
* King of Navarre
* King of Jerusalem
* Chamberlain of the King of France
* Constable of France
* Treasurer of France
* Grand Butler of France
* Marshal of France
* Seneschal of France
* Grand Bottler of France
* Bottler of France
* Regent of France

Lesser titles:

*     * Governor of Navarre
* Chamberlain of the Duke of Burgundy
* Governor of Burgundy
* Marshal of Burgundy
* Count palatine
* Prince of Boisbelle
* Prince of Achaea
* Duke of Normandy
* Duke of Nicaea
* Count of Blois
* Count of Champagne
* Count of Chartres
* Count of Châteaudun
* Count of Troyes
* Count of Beauvais
* Count of Sancerre
* Count of Provins
* Count of Boulogne
* Count of Reims
* Count of Aumale
* Count of Mortain
* Count of Dreux
* Count of Meaux
* Count of Tours
* Count of Omois
* Count of Brie
* Count of Gien
* Count of La Chapelle
* Count of Saint-Florentin
* Count of Château-Thierry
* Count of Bar-sur-Aube
* Count of Vitry-le-François
* Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
* Co-Governor of Flanders
* Lieutenant General of Artois
* Earl of York
* Viscount of Blois
* Viscount of Chartres
* Viscount of Tours
* Viscount of Troyes
* Viscount of Dijon
* Governor of Languedoc
* Commander of La Villedieu-en-Fontenette
* Commander of Temple-les-Dole
* Commander of Sales
* Commander of Montseugny
* Lord of Sancerre
* Lord of Holderness
* Lord of Sagonne
* Lord of Lacarre
* Lord of Champlitte
* Lord of Sancergeus
* Lord of Noirmoutier
* Lord of Meillant
* Lord of Marchéville
* Lord of Blet
* Lord of Beaujeu
* Lord of Herry
* Lord of Châteaumeillant
* Lord of Provins
* Lord of Cors
* Lord of Romefort
* Lord of Craon
* Lord of Talmay
* Lord of Flagey
* Lord of Oiselay
* Lord of Fénay
* Lord of Ambrault
* Lord of Vailly
* Lord of Villebon
* Lord of Vaillon
* Lord of Charpingnon
* Lord of Charenton
* Lord of Barlieu
* Lord of Assigny
* Lord of Charenton
* Lord of Condé
* Lord of Bommiers
* Lord of Coësmes
* Lord of Boisgibault
* Lord of Ouges
* Lord of Plancy
* Lord of Soësmes
* Lord of Larrey
* Lord of Grancey
* Lord of Nonancourt
* Lord of Varennes
* Lord of Collonges
* Lord of Brochon
* Lord of Chalucet
* Lord of Luzy
* Lord of Berry
* Lord of Longuey
* Lord of Quingey
* Lord of Chevigny
* Lord of Vierzon
* lord of Villargoix
* Lord of Erry
* Lord of Partie
* Lord of Yenville
* Lord of Clemency
* Lord of Vonges
* Lord of Pleurs
* Lord of Balagny
* Lord of Vercel
* Lord of Domprel
* Lord of Bressey
* Lord of Ouges
* Lord of Brochon
* Lord of Longvy
* Lord of Flagey
* Lord of Foucherans
* Lord of Barges
* Lord of Mantoche
* Lord of Villeneuve
* Lord of Nogent
* Lord of Champagny
* Lord of Orval
* Lord of Épineuil
* Lord of Bruyères
* Lord of Argent
* Lord of Chailly
* Lord of Dienville
* Lord of Bressey
* Lord of Vaux
* Lord of Collonges
* Lord of Brochon
* Lord of Seveux
* Lord of Châlucet
* Lord of Mercueil
* Lord of Saulx
* Lord of Frolois
* Lord of Massingy
* Lord of Drambon
* Lord of Obsonville
* Lord of Champvans
* Lord of La Loupe
* Lord of Le Pondy
* Lord of La Grange
* Lord of La Cordille
* Lord of La Chapelle
* Lord of La Chapolette
* Lord of Saint-Rémy
* Lord of Saint-Valery
* Lord of Saint-Août
* Lord of Saint-Brisson
* Lord of Montreuil-Bellay
* Lord of Menetou-Salon
* Lord of Château-Thierry
* Lord of La Ferté-Loupière
* Lord of La Motte-Ternant
* Lord of La Motte-Sully
* Lord of Sully-sur-Loire
* Lord of Pontailler-sur-Saône
* Lord of Por-sur-Chaon
* Lord of Aix-dans-Gilon
* Lord of Mont-de-Villers
* Lord of Magny-sur-Tille
* Lord of Vailly-sur-Sauldre
* Lord of Saulon-la-Rue
* Lord of Saulon-la-Chapelle
* Lord of Tart-le-Haut
* Lord of Tart-l'Abbaye
* Lord of Tart-le-Bas
* Lord of Villers-les-Pots
* Lord of Ainay-le-Vieil
* Lord of Nogent-lès-Montbard
* Lord of Heuilley-sur-Saône
* Lord of Magny-sur-Tille
* Lord of Venarey-les-Laumes
* Lord of Granges-sous-Grignon
* Lord of Lamarche-sur-Saône
* Lord of Courcelles-sous-Grignon
* Lord of Châtillon-sur-Loing
* Lord of Charenton-du-Cher
* Lord of La Roche-sur-l'Ognon
* Lord of Saint-Michel-sur-Loire
* Lady of Cernoy
* Lady of Aubry
* Lady of Maupas
* Lady of Brion
* Lady of Bueil
* Baron of Talmay
* Baron of Flagey
* Baron of Antigny
* Baron of Châlus
* Baron of Montferrand
* Baron of Drambon
* Baron of Barges
* Baron of Rigney
* Baron of Pusey
* Baron of Montferrand
* Baron of Vaux
* Baron of Port-sur-Saône
* Cardinal Priest of Santa Sabina
* Archbishop of Reims
* Archbishop of Bourges
* Archbishop of Sens
* Archbishop-elect of York
* Bishop of Paris
* Bishop of Chartres
* Bishop of Winchester
* Bishop of Tournai
* Bishop of Worcester
* Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne
* Bishop-designate of Salisbury
* Abbot of Glastonbury
* Abbot of Fécamp
* Abbot of Westminster
* Abbot of Cluny
* Abbot of Lagny
* Abbot of Norfolk
* Abbot of Surrey
* Abbot of Chertsey
* Abbot of Holme
* Abbot of St Benet’s Abbey
* Abbess of Fontevraud
* Abbess of Sainte-Trinité
* Abbess of Romsey
* Prior of Bermondsey
* Prior of La Charité-sur-Loire
* Prior of Beaumont
* Canon of Autun

Estate(s)| Blois, Champagne, Navarre, England, Sancerre, Boulogne, Aumale, etc
Dissolution| 1???
Cadet branches|

* House of Blois-Champagne
* House of Blois-Chartres
* House of Blois-Navarre
* House of Sancerre
* House of Lacarre
* House of Sully
* House of Sully-Beaujeu
* House of Champlitte
* House of Champlitte-Pontailler
* House of Aumale

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 in French).

## History[edit]

This lineage came from Theobald the Elder, viscount of Tours before 908. Theobald became viscount of Blois before 922. Afterwards the House of Blois accumulated the counties of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun and as successors of Herbertians the counties of Troyes, Reims and Meaux - core of the County of Champagne, and finally the kingdom of Navarre.

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 extinct in 1249. The House of Blois-Navarre, which was founded by Theobold I of Navarre, when he inherited the throne from his uncle, Sancho Garcés VI. This branch became the senior line later and eventually became extinct in 1305 with the death of Joan I of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France. Champagne and Navarre passed to the Capetian dynasty. The House of Sancerre, which was founded by Stephen I, Count of Sancerre, a younger son of Theobold II, Count of Champagne. He inherited the county on his father’s death. This branch became extinct at the death of Margaret of Sancerre in 1418 or 1419. The final branch, the House of Lacarre, which was founded by Juan Enriquez, the illegitimate son of Henry I of Navarre.

When Louis VII of France was greatly threatened by the vast collection of territories in the person of Henry II of England, he chose a wife from the House of Blois-Champagne (Adela of Champagne) as a counterpoise to Angevin power.

When William married the Lady of Sully, Adela, sometime after 1100. He became jure uxoris Count or Lord of Sully. This would make him establish a cadet branch in Sully. This branch would also form its own cadet branch, the House of Sully-Beaujeu, which was when Odo, the son of Gilles III, Lord of Sully, acquired the Lordship of Beaujeu.

Sometime during or past 1126, Odo I was taken over by his maternal family. He then became Lord of Champlitte, which he likely inherited from his mother, Isabella, or from the generosity of his uncle Renaud III, Count of Burgundy.[1] He in turn would establish a new cadet branch in Champlitte. This Branch would also establish its own branch, the House of Champlitte-Pontailler. Which was when William I, son of Odo I, acquired the Lordship of Pontailler.

King Stephen I of England, 1135–1154, was both a member of the House of Blois and the last Anglo-Norman King, being the grandson of William the Conqueror through his daughter Adela of Normandy.[2]

A branch of the family was established in Sancerre by Stephen I of Sancerre, a younger son of Theobald II, Count of Champagne. This branch became extinct at the death of Margaret of Sancerre in 1418 or 1419.

## Family tree[edit]

Family tree of the House of Blois from Theobald the Elder until the extinction of all cadet branches. The chart passes by a king of England, a king of Jerusalem, three kings and a queen of Navarre.

## Rulers[edit]

Ruler | Born | Reign | Death | Ruling part | Consort | Notes

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Theobald I the Trickster |  | 913  | 928-975  | 975  | Blois | Luitgarde of Vermandois
four children  | Founder of the Blois ruling dynasty. Until 1041, the counts of Blois were also the Counts of Tours.
Odo I |  | 950  | 975-996  | 12 March 996  | Blois | Bertha of Burgundy
983
six children  |
Theobald II |  | c.985  | 996-1004  | 11 July 1004  | Blois | Unmarried | Left no heirs, he was succeeded by his brother Odo.
Odo II/I |  | 983  | 1004-1037  | 15 November 1037  | Blois | Maud of Normandy
1003/4
no children

Ermengarde of Auvergne
c.1005
three/four children  | Seized Champagne for himself, without royal approval, but kept these territories.
1022-1037  | Troyes & Meaux (Champagne)
Stephen II |  | ?  | 1037-1047  | 1047  | Troyes & Meaux (Champagne) | Adele
one child  |
Odo II |  | 1040  | 1047-1066  | 1115  | Champagne | Adelaide of Normandy
c.1060
one child  |
1069-1115  | Aumale
Theobald III |  | 1012  | 1037-1089  | 1089  | Blois | Gersende of Maine
one child

Adele of Valois
four children  |
1066-1089  | Champagne
Odo III |  | 1062  | 1089-1093  | 1093  | Champagne | Unmarried | Left no children, and he was succeeded by his brother Hugh.
Stephen Henry |  | c.1045  | 1089-1102  | 19 May 1102  | Blois | Adela of Normandy
c.1080
Chartres
eleven children  |
Hugh |  | 1074  | 1093-1125  | 1125  | Champagne | Constance of France
1094
one child

Isabelle of Burgundy
1110
one child?  | In 1125, after his death, his domains joined Blois.
Theobald IV/II the Great |  | 1090  | 1102-1152  | 10 January 1152  | Blois | Matilda of Carinthia
1123
ten children  | He was also Count of Champagne from 1125.
1125-1152  | Champagne
Stephen |  | c.1070  | 1115-1127  | 1127  | Aumale | Hawise de Mortimer
c.1100
four children  | His father-in-law supported him in his claimancy for the throne of England.
William the Fat |  | ?  | 1127-1179  | 20 August 1179  | Aumale | Cicely FitzDuncan, Lady of Skipton
c.1130
eleven children  | He was also made Earl of York. Left his domains in Aumale to his only daughter, Hawise.
Henry I the Liberal |  | December 1127  | 1152-1181  | 16 March 1181  | Champagne | Marie of France
1159
four children  | First son of Theobald II/IV, inherited Champagne.
Theobald V the Good |  | 1130  | 1152-1191  | 20 January 1191  | Blois | Sybil of Chateaurenault
no children

Alix of France
1164
seven children  | Second son of Theobald II/IV, inherited Blois.
Hawise |  | ?  | 1179-1194  | 11 March 1214  | Aumale | William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
c.1180
no children

William de Forz
c.1190
one child

Baldwin of Bethune
1196
one child  | Ruled together with her husbands. In 1194, Philip II of France took Aumale to royal domain.
Aumale was annexed to the Kingdom of France
Henry II |  | 29 July 1166  | 1181-1190  | 10 September 1197  | Champagne | Isabella I of Jerusalem
6 May 1192
two children  | Left Champagne in Crusade and established there as king consort of Jerusalem. Left the regency to his mother.
Marie of France (regent)  |  | 1145  | 1190-1197  | 11 March 1198  | Champagne | Henry I, Count of Champagne
1159
four children  | Established the patched lands of Champagne as an unified territory. With the death of Henry II in Jerusalem, she passed the county to her youngest son, Theobald.
Louis I |  | 1172  | 1191-1205  | 14 April 1205  | Blois | Catherine, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1184
three children  |
Theobald III |  | 13 May 1179  | 1197-1201  | 24 May 1201  | Champagne | Blanche of Navarre
1 July 1199
Chartres
one child  |
Blanche of Navarre (regent)  |  | 1177  | 1201-1222  | 13 March 1229  | Champagne | Theobald III, Count of Champagne
1 July 1199
Chartres
one child  | Regent for her son. Protected him in the War of the Succession of Champagne, and also through her, he would inherit the Kingdom of Navarre.
Theobald IV/I the Troubadour |  | 30 May 1201  | 1222-1234

1234-1253  | 8 July 1253  | Champagne

Champagne & Navarre | Gertrude of Dagsburg
1220
(annulled 1222)
no children

Agnes of Beaujeu
1222
one child

Margaret of Bourbon
12 September 1232
six children  | Posthumous son of Theobald III, inherited Navarre from his uncle in 1234.
Theobald VI |  | 1190  | 1205-1218  | 16/22 April 1218  | Blois | Mathilde of Alençon
c.1210
no children

Clemence de Roches
no children  | Left no heirs. He left the county to his paternal aunt, Margaret. He also left a small county around Chartres to another of his aunts, Isabelle.
Margaret |  | 1170  | 1218-1230  | 12 July 1230  | Blois | Hugh of Oisy
no children

Otto I, Count of Burgundy
1192
two children

Walter II of Avesnes
two children  | Left the county to his daughter from Walter of Avesnes, Marie.
Margaret of Bourbon (regent)  |  | 1217  | 1253-1256  | 12 April 1256  | Champagne | Theobald I of Navarre
12 September 1232
six children  | Regent for her son.
Theobald V/II |  | 1238  | 1256-1270  | 4 December 1270  | Champagne & Navarre | Isabella of France
6 April 1255
no children  | Left no children. He was succeeded by his brother.
Henry III/I |  | 1244  | 1270-1274  | 22 July 1274  | Champagne & Navarre | Blanche of Artois
February 1269
Melun
two children  |
Blanche of Artois (regent)  |  | 1248  | 1274-1284  | 2 May 1302  | Champagne & Navarre | Henry I of Navarre
February 1269
Melun
two children

Edmund Crouchback
3 February 1276
Paris
three children  | Regent for her daughter, Joan.
Joan I |  | 14 January 1273  | 1284-1305  | 31 March/2 April 1305  | Champagne & Navarre | Philip IV of France
16 August 1284
seven children  |

## Genealogy[edit]

* Theobald the Old, Viscount of Blois
* Theobald I, Count of Blois
* Hugh, Archbishop of Bourges
* Odo I, Count of Blois
* Theobald II of Blois
* Odo II, Count of Blois
* Theobald III, Count of Blois
* Stephen, Count of Blois
* William, Count of Sully
* Odo Archambaud, Lord of Sully
* Gilles III, Lord of Sully
* Archambaud IV, Lord of Sully
* Henry I, Lord of Sully
* Henry II, Lord of Sully
* Henry III, Lord of Sully
* Henry IV, Lord of Sully
* John II, Lord of Sully
* Louis I, Lord of Sully
* Marie, Lady of Sully
* Odo I, Lord of Beaujeu
* Odo II, Lord of Beaujeu
* Odo III, Lord of Beaujeu
* Gilles, Lord of Beaujeu
* Guyon, Lord of Beaujeu
* William I, Lord of La Chapellette
* William II, Lord of La Chapellette
* William III, Lord of La Chapellette
* William IV, Lord of Vouillon
* Pierre I, Lord of Erry
* Pierre II, Lord of Erry
* Jeanne, Lady of Erry
* Odo, Lord of La Motte-Sully
* Elinor, Lady of La Motte-Sully
* Henry, Archbishop of Bourges
* Odo, Bishop of Paris
* Henry, Abbot of Fécamp
* Ranier, Abbot of Cluny
* Elizabeth, Abbess of Sainte-Trinité
* Theobald II, Count of Champagne
* Henry I, Count of Champagne
* Henry II, Count of Champagne
* Theobald III, Count of Champagne
* Theobald I of Navarre
* Theobald II of Navarre
* Henry I of Navarre
* Joan I of Navarre
* Theobald V, Count of Blois
* Louis I, Count of Blois
* Theobald VI, Count of Blois
* Margaret, Countess of Blois
* William White Hands
* Stephen I of Sancerre
* William I, Count of Sancerre
* Louis I, Count of Sancerre
* John I, Count of Sancerre
* Stephen II, Count of Sancerre
* John II, Count of Sancerre
* Louis II, Count of Sancerre
* John III, Count of Sancerre
* Margaret, Countess of Sancerre
* Louis de Sancerre, Constable of France
* Robert, Lord of Menetou
* Theobald, Lord of Sagonne
* Stephen, Lord of Vailly-sur-Sauldre
* Theobald, Bishop of Tournai
* Louis, Lord of Sagonne
* Robert, Lord of Menetou-Salon
* Stephen II, Lord of Châtillon-sur-Loing, Grand Butler of France
* Stephen III, Lord of Châtillon-sur-Loing
* Stephen, King of England
* Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne
* William I, Count of Boulogne
* Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester
* Philip, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne
* Odo V, Count of Troyes
* Hugh, Count of Champagne
* Odo I of Champlitte (disowned by father)
* Odo II of Champlitte
* Oda, Lady of Champlitte
* William of Champlitte, 1st prince of Achaea
* William II, Viscount of Dijon
* Hugh, Lord of Grancey
* Odo IV, Lord of Grancey
* William III, Viscount of Dijon
* William IV, Lord of Magny-ser-Tille
* Hugh, Lord of Magny-ser-Tille
* John, Lord of Magny-ser-Tille
* Simon, Lord of Pontailler
* Stephen, Lord of Vonges
* John
* William
* Erard, Master Falconer
* John, Lord of Vonges
* Guy, Viscount of Dijon
* Hugh, Lord of Talmay
* Guy II, Lord of Talmay
* Guy III, Lord of Talmay
* William II, Lord of Talmay
* Paul, Lord of Talmay
* Claude, Lord of Talmay
* Louis, Lord of Talmay
* Olivier, Lord of Bressey
* Philippe, Lord of Longvy
* François, Lord of Clémencey
* John, Lord of Talmay
* John Louis, Lord of Talmay
* Paul, Lord of Châtillon-en-Bazois
* Anatole Louis, Lord of Châtillon-en-Bazois
* Claude, Lord of Flaigey
* Henry, Lord of Flaigey
* Guyart, Lord of Magny-ser-Tille
* Robert, Lord of Larrey
* Odo III, Lord of La Marche
* Simon
* Mathieu, Lord of Longwy
* John II, Lord of Longwy
* Simon, Lord of Bellevesyre
* Stephen II, Count of Troyes and Meaux
* Odo, Count of Champagne
* Stephen, Count of Aumale
* William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle
* Richard, Archbishop of Bourges

## Arms[edit]

House Arms

Ancient Arms

Main Arms

House of Blois-Chartres

House of Blois-Champagne

House of Blois-Navarre

House of Sancerre

House of Sully

House of Sully (after 1346)

House of Champlitte

House of Lacarre

Other House Arms

House of Aumale

House of Champlitte-Pontailler

House Arms Variants

House of Champlitte

House of Blois-Navarre

Personal Arms

Stephen I of Sancerre

Stephen II of Sancerre

Louis I of Sancerre

John II of Sancerre

Odo-Archambaud III of Sully

John of Sully

(Variant) John of Sully

Louis I of Blois

(Attributed) Stephen I of Blois

(Attributed) Stephen II of Blois

Other Personal Arms

William I of Boulogne

Joan I of Navarre

Guy II of Pontailler

Tabard and coat of arms of Champagne

## See also[edit]

* Navarre monarchs family tree
* List of Navarrese monarchs from the House of Blois

## References[edit]

1. ^ Histoire des Ducs et Comtes de Champagne, Marie Henry d'Arbois de Jubainville, 1865.
2. ^ David Crouch. The Reign of King Stephen, 1135-1154, Pearson Education, Harlow, England, 2000.

Royal house

House of Blois

Preceded by

House of Normandy

|  Ruling house of England
1135-1154  | Succeeded by

House of Plantagenet

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Royal houses of Navarre

* Íñiguez
* Jiménez
* Champagne (Blois)
* Capet
* Évreux
* Trastámara
* Foix
* Albret
* Bourbon

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