Theobald II, Count of Blois (Thibaut II; c. 983 – 11 July 1004) was the eldest son and heir of
Odo I, Count of Blois,
and
Bertha of Burgundy
Bertha of Burgundy (964 – 16 January 1010) was Queen of the Franks as the second wife of King Robert II.
Bertha was the daughter of King Conrad of BurgundyStefan Weinfurter, ''The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition'', trans ...
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The stepson of
Robert II of France
Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (french: link=no, le Pieux) or the Wise (french: link=no, le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty.
Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted h ...
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he became Count of Blois,
Châteaudun, Chartres and Reims after the death of his father in 996. Theobald II left no heirs; on his death, he was succeeded by his younger brother,
Odo II, Count of Blois
Odo II () (983 – 15 November 1037) was the count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais and Tours from 1004 and count of Troyes (as Odo IV) and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022. He twice tried to make himself a king: first in Italy after 1024 a ...
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Counts of Chartres
Counts of Châteaudun
Counts of Reims
Counts of Blois
Medieval child rulers
980s births
1004 deaths
House of Blois
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