A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
the Gentle House of Stapleton
(Count of Chartres) Theobald BLOIS #50193
890 - ABT 940
AKA: Theobald the Elder
Personal Information
- TITLE: Count of Chartres
- BIRTH: 890
- DEATH: ABT 940
Notes
Founder of the House of Blois
Theobald the Elder was a Viscount of Tours and Blois in medieval France. He is the first known member of the House of Blois.
Biography
Theobald the Elder, from 908 on, was Viscount of Tours. He replaced Warnegald as Viscount of Blois before 920. He is a faithful of the Marquis of Neustria, Robert I then Hugh the Great. In the first half of the 920s, Robertian power entered Aquitaine at Saint-Aignan, Vierzon and Aix-d'Angillon. A charter of the Cartulary of Vierzon shows that King Rudolph and Hugh the Great relied on Thibaud.
He is well known as being the father of Theobald I, Count of Blois who fought against Richard I in 960.
Theobald the Elder was a Viscount of Tours and Blois in medieval France. He is the first known member of the House of Blois.
Biography
Theobald the Elder, from 908 on, was Viscount of Tours. He replaced Warnegald as Viscount of Blois before 920. He is a faithful of the Marquis of Neustria, Robert I then Hugh the Great. In the first half of the 920s, Robertian power entered Aquitaine at Saint-Aignan, Vierzon and Aix-d'Angillon. A charter of the Cartulary of Vierzon shows that King Rudolph and Hugh the Great relied on Thibaud.
He is well known as being the father of Theobald I, Count of Blois who fought against Richard I in 960.
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