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, ...

. 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. H ...

and Philippa of Dreux. He became count of Bar when his father was killed during the

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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. His brother, Archambaud VIII, inherited Bourbon, and William inherited ...

and

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. 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

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and

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and his wife Emma de Laval.

Issue

His children with Jeanne de Toucy were: *

Henry of Bar Henry of Bar (c. 1362 – October 1397, in Treviso, Italy) was lord of Marle, Aisne, Marle and the Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson, Marquis de Pont-à-Mousson. He was the eldest son of Robert I of Bar and Marie of Valois (1344-1404), Marie of Valois. ...

, succeeded his father as Henry III, Count of Bar; married

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* 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

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in 1296;

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in 1302; killed in battle in Rome on 26 May 1312; buried at St Peter's, Rome * Reginald of Bar,

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at Reims, Beauvais, Cambrai, Laon and Verdun;

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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 ( 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, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick III and Margaret of Navarre, Duchess of Lorraine, Margare ...

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

Otto IV, Count of Burgundy Otto IV ( 1248, in Ornans – 17 March 1303, in 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, ...

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