The count of Champagne was the ruler of the

County of Champagne The County of Champagne ( la, Comitatus Campaniensis; fro, Conté de Champaigne), or County of Champagne and Brie (region), Brie, was a historic territory and Feudalism, feudal principality in France descended from the early medieval kingdom of ...

from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the County of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne. Count

Theobald IV of Champagne Theobald I (french: Thibaut, es, Teobaldo; 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous ...

inherited the Kingdom of Navarre in 1234. His great-granddaughter

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married King Philip IV of France. Upon Joan's death in 1305, their son

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became the last independent count of Champagne, with the title merging into the royal domain upon his accession to the French throne in 1314. The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of

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Counts and dukes of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Blois

Dukes of Champagne

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and Carolingian times, several dukes of Champagne (or ''Campania'') are known. The duchy appears to have been created by combining the '' civitates'' of

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, Châlons-sur-Marne,

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, and Troyes. In the late seventh and early eighth centuries, Champagne was controlled by the

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s; first by Drogo, son of

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, and then by Drogo's son Arnulf. * Drogo (690–707), abdicated * Arnulf (707-723), deposed

Counts of Meaux and Troyes

Counts of Troyes and Meaux

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of Troyes (956–967) :::::::::::*

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III of Meaux, (967–995) :::::::::::* Stephen I (995–1022) :::::::::::* Odo I of Meaux and III of Troyes (1022–1037), also Count of Blois :::::::::::* Stephen II (1037–1048) :::::::::::* Odo II of Meaux and IV of Troyes (1048–1066) :::::::::::* Theobald I (1066–1089), also Count of Blois

Counts of Champagne

* Hugh (1102–1125) * Theobald II (1125–1152) *

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(1152–1181) * Henry II (1181–1197) * Theobald III (1197–1201) * Theobald IV, also King of Navarre as Theobald I (1201–1253) * Theobald V, also King of Navarre as Theobald II (1253–1270) * Henry III, also King of Navarre as Henry I (1270–1274) *

(1274–1305), also Queen of Navarre *

(1305–1316), also King of Navarre, became King of France in 1314, after which the title merged into the

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References

*Evergates, Theodore. ''Feudal Society in the Baillage of Troyes under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284''. *Evergates, Theodore. ''Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne''. (paperback), (hardback) *Evergates, Theodore. "The Aristocracy of Champagne in the Mid-Thirteenth Century: A Quantitative Description." ''Journal of Interdisciplinary History'', Vol. 5. pp 1–18 (1974).

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Counts of Champagne

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