
The count of Champagne was the ruler of the
County of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the
County of Troyes in the late eleventh century and
Hugh I was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne.
Count
Theobald IV of Champagne inherited the
Kingdom of Navarre
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The me ...
in 1234. His great-granddaughter
Joan married King
Philip IV of France
Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. Jure uxoris, By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre and Count of Champagne as Philip&n ...
. Upon Joan's death in 1305, their son
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
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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
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of
France
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.
Counts and dukes of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Blois
Dukes of Champagne
In
Merovingian
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and
Carolingian times, several dukes of Champagne (or ''Campania'') are known. The duchy appears to have been created by combining the ''
civitates'' of
Rheims,
Châlons-sur-Marne,
Laon
Laon () is a city in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
History
Early history
The Ancient Diocese of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held s ...
, and
Troyes
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. In the late seventh and early eighth centuries, Champagne was controlled by the
Pippinids; first by
Drogo, son of
Pippin of Herstal, and then by Drogo's son
Arnulf.
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Drogo (690–707), abdicated
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Arnulf (707-723), deposed
Counts of Meaux and Troyes
Counts of Troyes and Meaux
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Robert
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of Troyes (956–967)
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Herbert III of Meaux, (967–995)
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Stephen I (995–1022)
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Odo I of Meaux and III of Troyes (1022–1037), also
Count of Blois
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Stephen II (1037–1048)
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Odo II of Meaux and IV of Troyes (1048–1066)
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Theobald I (1066–1089), also
Count of Blois
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
Counts of Champagne
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Hugh (1102–1125)
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Theobald II (1125–1152)
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Henry I (1152–1181)
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Henry II (1181–1197), also King of Jerusalem as Henry I
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Theobald III (1197–1201)
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Theobald IV, also King of Navarre as Theobald I (1201–1253)
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Theobald V, also King of Navarre as Theobald II (1253–1270)
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Henry III, also King of Navarre as Henry I (1270–1274)
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Joan (1274–1305), Countess ''
suo jure
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'', also Queen of Navarre. 1274-1285 during Joan’s minority regency exercised by her mother
Blanche of Artois and
Edmund Crouchback from 1275.
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Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
(co-ruler of
Joan), also King of France as Philip IV
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Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
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(1305–1316), also King of Navarre, became King of France in 1314, after which the title merged into the
royal domain
See also
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Timeline of Troyes
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''. (paperback), (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).
Further reading
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