Theobald I, Count of Bar

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Theobald I, Count of Bar
Bornc. 1158
Died(1214-02-13)13 February 1214
Reginald II of Bar
MotherAgnès of Champagne

Theobald I (French: Thibaut or Thibauld de Bar) (born c. 1158 – died 13 February 1214) was

Reginald II of Bar and his wife Agnès de Champagne.[2] He became count when his brother, Henry, was killed in the siege of Acre.[3]

After his third marriage, he sought to reclaim his wife's lands of

Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche with the approval of Philip of Swabia.[4] Theobold therefore besieged the castle at Namur, whereupon a conference was held in which Philip of Namur and his brother Baldwin renounced the disputed territories of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche.[4] The Treaty of Dinant signed 6 July 1199 at Saint Medard, later made it official.[4]

During the Albigensian Crusade, Theobald led an army to reinforce Simon de Montfort at the siege of Toulouse [fr] in June 1211.[1]

After his death in 1214, his eldest son

Waleran III of Limburg, who married Theobald's widow Ermesinde of Namur.[5]
Theobald was buried at St. Mihiel.

Marriage

Theobald I was married three times; in 1176 he married Laurette of Loon (de Looz), daughter of Louis I, Count of Loon and Agnes of Metz; They had one daughter. Secondly, he married Ermensinde de Bar-sur-Seine, daughter of Guy II of Brienne and Petronille de Chacenay, circa 1189;[6] They had one son and two daughters. Theobald and Ermensinde divorced circa 1195.[6] He then, married Ermensinde of Luxembourg, daughter of Henry Coecus "the Blind" of Luxembourg and Agnes of Gueldres, in 1197; They had two sons and three daughters.

Issue

Children from his marriage to Laurette of Loon (de Looz):

Children from his marriage to Ermesinde (Isabella) of Bar-sur-Seine:

Children from his marriage to

Ermesinde of Luxembourg:[8]

  • Margaret (d. Jul 1270); married firstly Hugh III, count of Vaudémont, secondly Henri de Dampierre, lord of Bois
  • Elisabeth (d. between 11 Apr 1262 - 1 Aug 1262); married Waleran of Limburg, lord of Fauquemont and Montjoie
  • Henry, lord of Briey, Arrancy, and Marville (d. 1214)
  • Renaud (d. Feb 1214)
  • unknown daughter (d. before Feb 1214)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Pegg 2008, p. 114.
  2. ^ Fassler 2010, p. 457 note6.
  3. ^ Ambroise 2003, p. 74 note 227.
  4. ^ a b c Gade 1951, p. 74-75.
  5. ^ Gade 1951, p. 76.
  6. ^ a b c Evergates 1999, p. 99-100.
  7. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 223.
  8. ^ Péporté 2011, p. 109-110.

References

  • Ambroise (2003). The History of the Holy War: Ambroise's Estoire de la Guerre Sainte. Vol. 1. Translated by Ailes, Marianne. The Boydell Press.
  • Evergates, Theodore (1999). "Aristocratic Women in the County of Champagne". In Evergates, Theodore (ed.). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Fassler, Margot Elsbeth (2010). The Virgin of Chartres: Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts. Yale University Press.
  • Gade, John A. (1951). Luxemburg in the Middle Ages. Brill.
  • Pegg, Mark Gregory (2008). A Most Holy War : The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom. Oxford University Press.
  • Péporté, P. (2011). Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg. Brill.
Theobald I, Count of Bar
House of Montbeliard
Born: 1158 Died: 13 February 1214
Preceded by
Count of Luxemburg with Ermesinde

1197–1214 		Succeeded by
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