"The Cheat" Count of Blois Theobald I 
"The Cheat" Count of Blois was born about 0915 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France.1 "The Cheat" Count of Blois' father was Theobald, Thibaut de Tours Count Of Troyes "Elder of Blois" and his mother was Princess Princess Of France Hildebrante. His maternal grandparents were King Robert I King of France and Aelis Adele Princess of France. He had a sister named Gerlotte of. He was the younger of the two children. He had five half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Robert I Count of Meaux &, Hugh of Vermandois Archbishop, The Pious, Herbert III Count , Count of Meau, Renaud I Seigneur de, Luitgarde (Ledgard) de and Adelaide [Alix] Countess.2 General Notes
Europaische Stammtafeln Band II Tafel 42Theobald I, also called Theobald The Cheat, or The Old, French Thibaud, Le Tricheur, or Le Vieil (b. c 908- d. c 978), count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours.
Theobald earned his nickname "the Cheat" fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims. He seized the area around Blois about 940 and later augmented his holdings with the counties of Chartres and Chateaudun. In 945 Hugh the Great made Theobald responsible for holding the French king Louis IVprisoner. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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born c. 908 died c. 978
also called Theobald the Cheat , or Theobald the Old , French Thibaud le Tricheur , or Thibaud le Vieil count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours.
Theobald earned his nickname “the Cheat” fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims. He seized the area around Blois about 940 and later augmented his holdings with the counties of Chartres and Châteaudun. In 945 Hugh the Great made Theobald responsible for holding the French…
Theobald I, also called Theobald The Cheat, or The Old, French Thibaud,Le Tricheur, or Le Vieil (b. c 908 - d. c 978), count of Blois, Chartres,and Tours.
Theobald earned his nickname "the Cheat" fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims. He seized the area around Blois about 940 and later augmented his holdings with the counties of Chartres
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0883 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.~ 0940 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France
- b.~ 0915 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.16 Jan 0977/0978
- b.~ 0770 in Wormgau, Saxony, Germany d.< 0834
- b.0820 in of Anjou,Blois,Tours,Auxerre, Nevers France d.26 Jul 0866 in Killed in battle at Brissarthe
- b.~ 0769 d.BEF Feb 0823/0824
- b.~ 0801 in of Orleans d.~ 0827
- b.~ 0769 d.BEF Feb 0823/0824
- b.0865 in Bourgogne, France d.15 Jun 0923 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0735 in of,Alsace,France d.0780
- b.~ 0765 in Upper Alsace,France d.14 Jun 0844 in Battle
- b.0744 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.~ 0830 in Tours, France d.> 0866
- b.~ 0750 in Abt 750 d.WFT Est. 754-836
- b.~ 0780 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.> 0837
- b.WFT Est. 774-793 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.19 Apr 0843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.~ 0895 in Vermandois, France d.WFT Est. 933-990 in France
- b.0797 in Vermandois, Normandie, France d.17 Apr 0818 in Milan, Italy (blinded by Louis I)
- b.0818 in Vermandois,Normandy,France d.> 0840 in St. Quentin,Aisne,Picardie,France
- b.~ 0797 in Parma, Italy d.>15 Jun 0835 in Milan,Lombardy,Italy
- b.0850 in Bretagne, France d.0911 in Murdered
- b.0805
- b.~ 0820 in Normandy,France
- b.~ 0870 in of Alsace d.BET. 897 - 969 in Soissons,Aisne,Picardie,France
- b.~ 0820 in Morvois, France d.25 Aug 0866 in Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- b.~ 0862 in France d.BET. 883 - 947
- b.~ 0800 in Roussillon, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d.0877
- b.~ 0830 in Roussillon, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
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"The Cheat" Count of Blois and Luitgarde (Ledgard) de were married in a religious ceremony before 0945 in 2nd husband.1 They had five sons and two daughters, named Tetbald, Theobald de, Hugo, Count of Blois, Hugo of, Hildegarde de Chartres le and Emma de.
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Hildegarde de Chartres le Tricheur
Hildegarde de Chartres le was born about 0940 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France.3
Emma de Blois Duchess of Aquitaine
Emma de was born in 0954 in Blois, France.4 She died at the age of 50 in 1004.5
Count Count of Blois Eudes I
Count of Blois was born in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France.2 He died in Marmeutier. He was buried in 1010.6 2
1 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
2 WFT8_1725.FTW
3 1111The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
4 1111The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
5 World Family Tree Vol. 12, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0472
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Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 29, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0008, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed. @ 49-19, Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Theobald I, World Family Tree Vol. 8, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1725
2 WFT8_1725.FTW
3 1111The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
4 1111The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
5 World Family Tree Vol. 12, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0472
6 g419.ftw
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 29, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0008, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed. @ 49-19, Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Theobald I, World Family Tree Vol. 8, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1725
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