Theobald VI, Count of Blois

Theobald VI.

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.^[1]

Theobald married twice: with Maud of Alençon^[1] and with Clemence of Roches, but remained childless. Clemence married Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, as her second husband.

Theobald fought the Moors in Castile.^[2] During the campaign he contracted leprosy and returned home.^[2] After living withdrawn in his castle in La Ferté-Villeneuil for a few years, Theobald died in 1218, leaving his possessions to his aunts Margaret and Isabelle. The northern part of Blois was erected into the County of Chartres for Isabelle; Margaret received the remainder of the County of Blois, and his heirs sold Clermont to Philip II of France.^[3]

References

1. Peter of Blois 1993, p. 38.
2. Dickson 2008, p. 50.
3. Baldwin 1986, p. 342.

Sources

• Baldwin, John W. (1986). The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages. University of California Press.
• Dickson, Gary (2008). The Children's Crusade: Medieval History, Modern Mythistory. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Peter of Blois (1993). Revell, Elizabeth (ed.). The Later Letters of Peter of Blois. Oxford University Press.

Theobald VI, Count of Blois House of Blois  Died: 1218
Preceded by Louis I	Count of Blois 1205–1218	Succeeded by Margaret, Countess of Blois
	Count of Chartres 1205–1218	Succeeded by Isabelle
	Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1205–1218	to royal domain