Theobald II (1221– October 1291) was a

count of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the '' pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the House of Montbéliard from the 11th century. Part of the county, t ...

. He was the son of

Henry II of Bar Henry II of Bar in French ''Henri II de Bar'', in German ''Heinrich II von Bar'' (1190–13 November 1239) was a Count of Bar who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine. Hen ...

and

Philippa of Dreux Philippa of Dreux, Dame de Coucy (1192–1242) was a daughter of Robert II of Dreux and his second wife Yolande de Coucy. Family Philippa was the fifth of seven children born to her parents, Robert II of Dreux and his second wife Yolande de Couc ...

. He became count of Bar when his father was killed during the Barons' Crusade in 1239, but news of Henry's death did not reach him until 1240. As Theobald was still a minor, his mother ruled as regent until 17 March 1242. Theobald's own children included his successor Henry III and the bishop Reginald of Bar.

Marriage

Theobald II married twice, first in 1245 to Joan, daughter of

William II of Dampierre William II (1196 – 3 September 1231) was the lord of Dampierre from 1216 until his death. He was the son of Guy II, constable of Champagne, and Mathilde of Bourbon.Theodore Evergates, ''The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300 ...

and

Margaret II, Countess of Flanders Margaret, often called Margaret of Constantinople (1202 – 10 February 1280), ruled as Countess of Flanders during 1244–1278 and Countess of Hainaut during 1244–1253 and 1257–1280. She was the younger daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of ...

. They were

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on 3 May 1243 and married two years later, in March 1245 or on 31 August 1245. The marriage was brief and childless. The next year, in 1246, Theobald married Jeanne de Toucy, daughter of John, lord of

Toucy Toucy () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. Personalities Toucy was the birthplace and hometown of Pierre Larousse, lexicographer and founder of the publ ...

, Saint-Fargeau and

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and his wife Emma de Laval.

Issue

His children with Jeanne de Toucy were: * Henry of Bar, succeeded his father as Henry III, Count of Bar; married Eleanor of England * John of Bar, married Jeanne of Dreux, daughter of Robert IV of Dreux and Beatrice, Countess of Montfort * Charles of Bar, died young * Theobald of Bar, elected

Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

in 1296;

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in 1302; killed in battle in Rome on 26 May 1312; buried at

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* Reginald of Bar,

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at Reims, Beauvais, Cambrai, Laon and Verdun; archdeacon at Brussels and Besançon; bishop of Metz in 1302; death by poisoning * Erard of Bar, was a

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by 1292 and then seigneur de Pierrepont et d'Ancerville by 1302; married Isabelle of Lorraine, daughter of

Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine Theobald II (french: Thiébaud or ''Thiébaut''; 1263 – 13 May 1312) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1303 until his death in 1312. He was the son and successor of Frederick III and Margaret, daughter of King Theobald I of Navarre of the Royal Ho ...

, and Isabelle de Rumigny; had six children * Peter of Bar, seigneur de Pierrefort in 1300; ''Herr zu Bettingen'' ("seigneur of Bettingen"), 1326/1334; married firstly Jeanne de Vienne, daughter of Hugues de Vienne, Sire de Longwy et de Pagny (grandson of

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); had four children with first wife; married secondly, Eleonore de Poitiers-Valentinois * Philippa of Bar, married

Otto IV, Count of Burgundy Otto IV (1248, Ornans – 17 March 1303, Melun) was the count of the Free County of Burgundy from 1279 until 1303. Life Otto was the son of Hugh of Châlons and Adelaide, Countess Palatine of Burgundy. Upon his father's death in 1266/7, he becam ...

* Alice of Bar, married Matthias of Lorraine, seigneur de Beauregard, son of

Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine Frederick III () (1240 – 31 December 1302) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1251 to his death. He was the only son and successor of Matthias II and Catherine of Limburg. He was not yet thirteen years of age when his father died, so his mother a ...

* Mary of Bar, married Gobert, Sire d'Aspremont * Isabelle of Bar * Yolanda of Bar * Margaret of Bar, abbess of Saint-Maur à Verdun * Philip of Bar * Henrietta of Bar

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