Biography of Theobald I, King of Navarre (Theobald IV of Champagne)

Theobald I, King of Navarre (Theobald IV of Champagne)

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Family Name:

de Blois

Given Names:

Theobald

Known As:

The Posthumous, The Troubadour

Titles:

Count of Champagne (1201 - 1253) as Theobald IV

King of Navarre (1234 - 1253)

Born:

About 30 May 1201
Troyes, Champagne, France

Died:

7 Jul 1253
Pamplona, Spain
(Age 52, Natural Causes)

English/Scottish Royal Blood: 6.25% [?]

Buried:

Unknown place

Father:

Theobald III, Count of Champagne

? - 1201

Mother:

Blanche of Navarre (daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre)

? - 1229

Marriage:

Unknown Partner

Place: Unknown place

Offspring:

Theobald II, King of Navarre (Theobald V of Champagne)

? - 1270

Blanche of Navarre (daughter of Theobald I of Navarre)

Unknown birth/death dates

Henry I, King of Navarre (Henry III of Champagne)

About 1210 - 1274

(3 others not in database)

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Notes:

The abiding love of Theobald's life was neither one of his three wives nor one of the mothers of his four illegitimate children. Instead, he nursed an unrequited passion most of his adult life for Louis VIII's wife, Blanche of Castile, 12 years his senior. Although Blanche's contemporaries saw her as tough and formidable (which is the way history has portrayed her), Theobald's vision of Blanche was far different. When her husband died, rumours spread that Theobald was responsible. He started an uprising, aborted it, and ended up being grateful to Blanche's forces for saving Troyes. As a result, he was forced to sell Chartres, Sancerre, and Blois to Blanche's son, Louis IX, although he tried to change his mind about Blois, his family's ancestral seat. Blanche persuaded him, however, and for consolation he turned to poetry. Theobald's songs commemorating Blanche were sung throughout Europe, and are considered among the finest troubadour works.

Theobald was excommunicated for failing to pay debts owed to Italian bankers. Until he paid, all Champagne was interdicted, and afterwards, when he got into more debt, he had to take crusaders' vows to avoid being excommunicated again.

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