Count of Champagne
The
Counts of Champagne ruled the region of
Champagne, France from
950 to
1316. Champagne evolved from the county of Troyes in the late eleventh century and
Hugues of Champagne was the first to officially use the title "
Count of Champagne".
When Louis became
King of France in
1314, upon the death of his father
Philip IV, Champagne became part of the Crown's territories. The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of
seneschal of France.
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Odo I, Count of Troyes, a.k.a Odo II, Count of Blois (
1022–
1037), son of
Odo I Count of Blois*
Stephen II, Count of Troyes (
1037–
1048), son of Odo I
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Eudes II Count of Troyes (
1048–
1066), son of Stephen II
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Theobald I count of Troyes (or Thibaud) (
1066–
1089), son of Eudes II
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Odo III Count of Troyes (
1089–
1093), son of Theobald I
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Hughes I Count of Champagne (
1093–
1125), second son of Theobald I, abdicated in 1125 to become a Templar
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Theobald II Count of Champagne (or Thibaud) (
1125–
1152), nephew to Hughes and son of Stephen of Blois and Adela, daughter of William "The Conqueror"
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Henry I ("The Liberal") (
1152–
1181), son of Theobald II
Marie of Champagne (regent 1181– 1187 for her son Henry II)*
Henry II of Champagne (Henry I of Jerusalem) (
1181–
1197), son of Henry I, "The Liberal"
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Theobald III (or Thibaud) (
1197–
1201)
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Theobald IV (or Thibaud) (
1201–
1253)
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Theobald V (or Thibaud) (
1253–
1270)
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Henry III (
1270–
1274)
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Jeanne of Navarre (
1274–
1305)
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Louis X of France (
1305–
1316)
Dukes of Champagne
In
Merovingian and
Carolingian times, several
Dukes of Champagne (or
Campania) are known. The Duchy appears to have been created by joining together the
civitates of
Rheims,
Châlons-sur-Marne,
Laon and
Troyes. Early named Dukes may include Lupus and Vintronus. Two
Pippinids,
Drogo son of
Pippin of Herstal, and Drogo's son
Arnulf, held the Duchy in the years around 700.
*Theodore Evergates,
Feudal Society in the Baillage of Troyes under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284 ISBN 0801816637
*Theodore Evergates,
Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne, ISBN 0812214412 (paperback), ISBN 0812232259 (hardback)
*Theodore Evergates, 'The Aristocracy of Champagne in the Mid-Thirteenth Century: A Quantitative Description', 'Journal of Interdisciplinary History', vol. 5. pp. 1-18 (1974)
