The House of Blois () is a lineage derived from the Frankish nobility, whose principal members were often named Theobald (''Thibaud'', ''Thibault'', ''Thibaut'' in

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History

Heirs of the

viscount A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicia ...

s of Blois, the House of Blois accumulated the counties of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Troyes, Meaux — as successors of Herbertians — etc., then the county of Champagne, and finally the kingdom of Navarre. The family was founded by Theobald the Old in the year 906. When

Louis VII of France Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger, or the Young (french: link=no, le Jeune), was King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180. He was the son and successor of King Louis VI (hence the epithet "the Young") and married Duchess ...

was greatly threatened by the vast collection of territories in the person of

Henry II of England Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin kin ...

, he chose a wife from the House of Champagne ( Adela of Champagne) as a counterpoise to Angevin power. The senior line of the House of Blois became extinct with the death of Joan I of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France, in 1305. Champagne and Navarre passed to the Capetian dynasty. 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 William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 10 ...

through his daughter Adela of Normandy.David Crouch. ''The Reign of King Stephen, 1135-1154,'' Pearson Education, Harlow, England, 2000. 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.

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* 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 William the Simple ( – c. 1150) was Count of Blois and Count of Chartres from 1102 to 1107, and jure uxoris Count of Sully. Biography William was the eldest son of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqu ...

******** Henry de Sully, Abbot of Fécamp ******* Theobald II, Count of Champagne ******** Henry I, Count of Champagne *********

Henry II, Count of Champagne Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166 – 10 September 1197) was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and king of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197 by virtue of his marriage to Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem. Early life Henry ...

********* Theobald III, Count of Champagne ********** Theobald I of Navarre ***********

Theobald II of Navarre Theobald II or ''Thibaud'', es, Teobaldo (6/7 December 1239 – 4/5 December 1270) was King of Navarre and also, as Theobald V, Count of Champagne and Brie, from 1253 until his death. He was the son and successor of Theobald I and the second N ...

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Henry I of Navarre Henry the Fat (Basque: ''Henrike I.a, Gizena'', French: ''Henri le Gros'', Spanish: ''Enrique el Gordo'') (c. 1244 – 22 July 1274) was King of Navarre (as Henry I) and Count of Champagne and Brie (as Henry III) from 1270 until his death. E ...

************ Joan I of Navarre ******** Theobald V, Count of Blois ********* Louis I, Count of Blois **********

Theobald VI, Count of Blois Theobald VI of Blois (French: ''Thibaut'') (died 1218) was count of Blois and Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1205 to 1218. He was son of Louis I of Blois and Catherine of Clermont. Theobald married twice: with Maud of Alençon and with Clemence of ...

********* 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 Louis de Sancerre (1341 or 1342 – 6 February 1402; aged 60-61) was a Marshal of France and Constable of France during the Hundred Years' War. Early life Sancerre was born as the second son of count Louis II de Sancerre and Béatrix de Ro ...

, Constable of France ************** Robert, Lord of Menetou ************** Theobald, Lord of

Sagonne Sagonne () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography Sagonne is farming village situated by the banks of the small river Sagonin, some 37 km southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D76 ...

************** Stephen, Lord of

Vailly-sur-Sauldre Vailly-sur-Sauldre (, literally ''Vailly on Sauldre'') is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming village situated on the banks of the Sauldre river, about northeast of Bourges at the ju ...

************ 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 Eustace IV (c. 1129/1131 17 August 1153) ruled the County of Boulogne from 1146 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne. When his father seized the English throne on Henry I's death i ...

******** William I, Count of Boulogne *******

Henry of Blois Henry of Blois ( c. 1096 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 to his death. He was a younger son of Stephen Henry, Count of Blois by Adela of Normandy, ...

, Bishop of Winchester ****** Philip, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne ****** Odo V, Count of Troyes ****** Hugh, Count of Champagne ******* Eudes I of Champlitte (disowned by father) ******** Odo II of Champlitte ********

William of Champlitte William I of Champlitte (french: Guillaume de Champlitte) (1160s-1209) was a French knight who joined the Fourth Crusade and became the first prince of Achaea (1205–1209).Longnon 1969, p. 239.Evergates 2007, p. 220. Early years and the Fourth ...

, 1st prince of Achaea ***** Stephen II, Count of Troyes and Meaux ******

Odo, Count of Champagne }; 1115) was Count of Troyes and of Meaux from 1047 to 1066, then Count of Aumale from 1069 to 1115. He was later also known as the count of Champagne and as Eudes II of Troyes. Biography Odo was the son of Stephen II of Troyes and Meaux, and Ad ...

******* Stephen, Count of Aumale ********

William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle William le Gros, William le Gras, William d'Aumale, William Crassus (died 20 August 1179) was Earl of York and Lord of Holderness in the English peerage and the Count of Aumale in France. He was the eldest son of Stephen, Count of Aumale, and ...

** Richard, Archbishop of Bourges

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