Theobald I King of Navarre , Count of Troyes 
Theobald I King of was born on May 30th, 1201 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France. Theobald I King of's father was Theobald III Count of Troyes & Champagne and his mother was Blanche Princess of Navarre. His paternal grandparents were Henry I Count of Champagne and Marie Capet Princess of France; his maternal grandparents were Sancho VI "The Wise" King of Navarre and Sancha Infanta of Castile. He was an only child. He died at the age of 52 on July 7th, 1253 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.General Notes
Theobald I, also called THEOBALD I THE TROUBADOR, or THE POSTHUMOUS, French THIBAULD LE CHANSONNIER, or LE POSTHUME, Spanish TEOBALDO EL TROVADOR, or EL POSTUMO (b. May 30?, 1201, Troyes France - d. July 7? 1253, Pamplona, Navarre (now in Spain), count of Troyes and of Champagne (from 1201), as Theobald IV, and king of Navarre (from 1234), the most famous of the aritocratic trouveres.
He was the son of Theobald III of Champagne, who died before his son was born, and Blanche of Navarre. He lived for four years at the court of King Philip II of France, to whom he did feudal homage in 1214. After Philip's death (1223), he supported Philip's son Louis VIII but deserted him in 1226 at the siege of Avignon, conducted by the king as part of his campaign against the Albigenses, a religious sect deemed heretical. On the death of Louis a few months later, Theobald joined a dissident league of barons who opposed Louis's widow and regent of France, Blanche of Castile. He soon abandoned the legaue and became reconciled with Blanche. It was rumoured that he was her lover and had poisoned her husband, and many of his poems are thought to be addressed to her. He led the crusade of 1239-40 and, after his return, spent the rest of his life in Champagne and Navarre.
Theobald left about 60 lyrics, mainly love songs and debates in verse, with two pastourelles (love songs between knight and shepherdess) and nine religious poems. Perhaps he found his true level in the Jeu-parit (courtly love debate) in which he discusses with a crony from the crusades whether it is better to embrace one's love in the dark or to see her without embracing her, with wry allusions to the crony's crutch and his own potbelly. Theobald's lyrics, with their music, have survived in six manuscripts. [Encylcopaedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1093 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.10 JAN 1151/52
- b.1127 in Champagne, France d.17 MAR 1180/81 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France
- b.1110 in Karnten, Austria d.03 Dec 1161
- b.13 JAN 1178/79 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France d.24 May 1201
- b.1081 in Herbst, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Bethizy Castle, Paris, France
- b.~ 1120 in Rheims, Marne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.~ 1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1145 in France d.11 MAR 1197/98
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 FEB 1126/27 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou, France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- b.~ 1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1117
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin-Beliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Touraine, France
- b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, Poitou, France d.07 Nov 1151 in As monk at Notre Dame de Noyers
- b.~ 1105 in Chatellerault, Vienne, Poitou, France d.AFT MAR 1130/31
- b.1079 in Isle Bouchard, France
- b.30 May 1201 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France d.07 Jul 1253 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 1099 in of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain d.21 Nov 1150 in of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- b.1132 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain d.27 Jun 1194
- b.~ 1115 in Aigle, Orne, Normandy, France d.25 May 1141 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 1180 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain d.MAR 1228/29
- b.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote D'Or, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1140 in Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France d.1128
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Theobald I King of and Margaret de were married in a religious ceremony in 1232 in 3rd wife. They had a son named Henry I King of.
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Children
Henry I King of Navarre
Henry I King of was born about 1210 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France. He died on July 22nd, 1274 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
Theobald I King of and Agnes de were married in a religious ceremony in 2nd wife. They had a daughter named Blanche Princess of.
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Children
Blanche Princess of Navarre
Blanche Princess of was born about 1224 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. She died on August 12th, 1283 in Nantes, Bretagne, France. She was buried on August 14th, 1283 in Abbey of Notre Dame de la Joie, Hennebont, France.
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