Count of Champagne

The Counts of Champagne ruled the region of Champagne, France from 1022 to 1314. Hugues of Champagne was the first of the family to officially use the title "Count of Champagne".

Related Topics:
Champagne, France - 1022 - 1314 - Hugues of Champagne - Count

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When Louis became King of France in 1314, upon the death of his father Philip IV, Champagne became part of the Crown's territories. The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of France.

Related Topics:
King of France - 1314 - Philip IV - Seneschal

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• Eudes I (or Odo) (ruled from 1022-1037), son of Odo, Count of Blois
• Stephen II (ruled from 1037-1048), son of Eudes I
• Eudes II (ruled from 1048-1066), son of Stephen II
• Theobald I (or Thibaud) (ruled from 1066-1089), son of Eudes I, brother of Stephen II
• Eudes III , son of Theobald I
• Hugh (1093-1125), second son of Theobald I, abdicated
• Theobald II (or Thibaud) (1125-1152), nephew to Hugues and son of Stephen of Blois and Adela, daughter of William "The Conqueror"
• Henry I ("The Liberal") (1152-1181), son of Theobald II
• Marie of Champagne (regent from 1181 to 1187 for her son Henry II)
• Henry II of Champagne (Henry I of Jerusalem) (1181-1197), son of Henry I, "The Liberal"
• Theobald III (or Thibaud) (1197-1201)
• Theobald IV (or Thibaud) (1201-1253)
• Theobald V (or Thibaud) (1253-1270)
• Henry III (1270-1274)
• Jeanne of Navarre (1274-1305)
• Louis X of France (1305-1316)
 
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