Count of Champagne

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Original coat of arms of the county of Champagne.

The Count of Champagne was the ruler of the

Hugh I
was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne.

Count

Theobald IV of Champagne inherited the Kingdom of Navarre in 1234. His great-granddaughter Joan married King Philip IV of France. Upon Joan's death in 1305, their son Louis
became the last independent count of Champagne, with the title merging into the royal domain upon his accession to the French throne in 1314.

The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of France.

Counts and dukes of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Blois

Dukes of Champagne

Pippin of Herstal, and then by Drogo's son Arnulf
.

Counts of Meaux and Troyes

Counts of Troyes
Counts of Meaux
  • France
  • Theodebert
    (877–888)
  • Herbert I
    (896–902)
  • Herbert II
    (902–943)
  • Robert
    (943–967), in Troyes from 956
Counts of Troyes and Meaux
  • Robert
    of Troyes (956–967)
  • Herbert III of Meaux, (967–995)
  • Stephen I (995–1022)
  • Count of Blois
  • Stephen II
    (1037–1048)
  • Odo
    II of Meaux and IV of Troyes (1048–1066)
  • Count of Blois
Counts of Troyes
  • Odo V
    (1089–1093)
  • Hugh (1093–1102)
Counts of Meaux and Blois
  • Stephen III Henry
    (1089–1102)
  • Theobald II
    (1102–1151), in Champagne from 1125

Counts of Champagne

  • Hugh (1102–1125)
  • Theobald II
    (1125–1152)
  • Henry I
    (1152–1181)
  • Henry II
    (1181–1197), also King of Jerusalem as Henry I
  • Theobald III
    (1197–1201)
  • Theobald IV
    , also King of Navarre as Theobald I (1201–1253)
  • Theobald V
    , also King of Navarre as Theobald II (1253–1270)
  • Henry III
    , also King of Navarre as Henry I (1270–1274)
  • Joan (1274–1305), Countess suo jure, also Queen of Navarre
  • Philip (co-ruler of Joan), also King of France as Philip IV
  • royal domain

See also

References

  • Evergates, Theodore. Feudal Society in the Baillage of Troyes under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284.
  • Evergates, Theodore. Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne. (hardback)
  • Evergates, Theodore. "The Aristocracy of Champagne in the Mid-Thirteenth Century: A Quantitative Description." Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 5. pp 1–18 (1974).

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