Theobald V, Count of Blois
Theobald V of Blois (d.
20 January 1191), also known as
Theobald the Good (French:
Thibaut le Bon), was
Count of Blois from
1151 to 1191. He was son of
Theobald II of Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia. Although he was the second son, Theobald inherited Blois (including
Chartres), while his elder brother,
Henry got the more important
county of Champagne.
He first married Sybil of Chateaurenault, which made him lord of Chateaurenault. Next he married
Alix of France, daughter of
Louis VII of France and his first wife
Eleanor of Aquitaine. They had seven children:#Theobald, d. young#Philip, d. young#Henry, d. young#
Louis I of Blois (d.
1205)#Alix, Abbess of
Fontevrault#
Margaret, married Walter of Avesnes, later Countess of Blois#
Isabelle (or Elizabeth) (d.
1248), to whom her nephew
Theobald VI of Blois left the
County of Chartres (alienated from Blois) and the lordship of Chateaurenault.
Theobald lived primarily in Chartres and had its city walls renovated. After joining his brother
Henry and a number of other nobles in opposing the young king
Philip II, he reconciled with the king and supported him on the
Third Crusade. He arrived in the summer of
1190 in the Holy Land and died on 20 January 1191, during the
Siege of Acre.
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Counts of Blois
