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Count of Champagne

Ruler of a feudal principality in medieval France

Count of Champagne

Ruler of a feudal principality in medieval France

Original coat of arms of the county of Champagne.

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 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

  • Drogo (690–707), abdicated
  • Arnulf (707-723), deposed

Counts of Meaux and Troyes

**Counts of Troyes****Counts of Meaux**

Counts of Troyes and Meaux

:::::::::::*Robert of Troyes (956–967) :::::::::::*Herbert III of Meaux, (967–995) :::::::::::*Stephen I (995–1022) :::::::::::*Odo I of Meaux and III of Troyes (1022–1037), also Count of Blois :::::::::::*Stephen II (1037–1048) :::::::::::*Odo II of Meaux and IV of Troyes (1048–1066) :::::::::::*Theobald I (1066–1089), also Count of Blois

**Counts of Troyes****Counts of Meaux and Blois**

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. 1274-1285 during Joan’s minority regency exercised by her mother Blanche of Artois and Edmund Crouchback from 1275.
  • Philip (co-ruler of Joan), also King of France as Philip IV
  • Louis (1305–1316), also King of Navarre, became King of France in 1314, after which the title merged into the royal domain

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).
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