King Theobald I of Navarre 
Theobald was born on May 20th, 1201 in Troyes, Aube, France. Theobald's father was Count Theobold (The Troubador Prince) III Palatine of Brie et Champaigne and his mother was Queen Blanche of Navarre. His paternal grandparents were Count Henry ("the Liberal") de Champagne I and Princess Mary Capet of France; his maternal grandfather was King Sancho ("the Wise") VI and his maternal grandmother is Sancha of Castile. He was an only child. He died at the age of 52 on July 7th, 1253 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. He was buried on July 14th, 1253.General Notes
Count of Troyes
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.1010 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France d.29 Sep 1089 in Epernay, Seine-et-Marne, France
- b.~ 1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France d.27 May 1102 in Ascalon
- b.1010/1030 in Le Mans, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1088 in Blois, France d.08 Jan 1152 in Marne, Blois, France
- b.14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.ABT 1062/1067 in Normandy d.8 Mar 1135/1137 in Marsilly, Aquitaine
- b.~ 1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandie, France
- b.1126/1127 d.17 Mar 1181
- b.1045 d.01 Apr 1096
- b.~ 1065 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Apr 1141
- b.1047 d.17 Jul 1112
- b.~ 1097 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Dec 1160 in Fontrevault, France
- b.1047 in Sulzbach, Oberflaz, Bavaria d.14 Apr 1099 in Regensburg, Germany
- b.~ 1065 in Sulzbach, Oberpfalz, Bavaria
- b.1050 d.24 Feb 1111
- b.1177 in Champagne, France d.1201
- b.1052 in Reims, Champagne, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France, France
- b.~ 1081 in Paris, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chãateau De Bâethizy, Paris, Isle De France, France
- b.~ 1054 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.1093/1094 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, , France
- b.~ 1121 in Reims, Champagne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Isle de France, France
- b.~ 1062 in Savoy, France d.17 Oct 1103
- b.~ 1092 in Savoie d.18 Nov 1154
- b.~ 1060 in Bourgogne, France d.> 1133
- b.1138/1145 d.11 Mar 1198
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 Feb 1126 in France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.19 Apr 1137 in Spain
- b.~ 1073 in France d.28 Nov 1117/1118 in Anjou, France
- b.~ 1122 in Chãateau de Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine d.31 Mar 1204 in Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine
- b.ABT 1075/1076 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in Notre Dame de Noyes, France
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Poitou, France d.>Mar 1130
- b.~ 1079 in Isle Bouchard, France d.> 1119
- b.20 May 1201 in Troyes, Aube, France d.07 Jul 1253 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- b.1038 d.04 Jun 1076
- b.ABT 1064/1073 in Moncon, Spain d.1116
- b.~ 1038
- b.~ 1099 in Navarre, Spain d.21 Nov 1150 in Lorca de Navarre
- b.1049 d.10 Jul 1099 in Valencia, Spain
- b.1075 in Spain
- b.ABT 1054/1060 d.1115
- b.> 1132 d.27 Jun 1194 in Pamplona
- b.~ 1050 in L'Aigle, France d.1085
- b.~ 1073 in L'Aigle, France d.~ 1118
- b.~ 1054 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1100 in Aigle, Orne, France d.25 May 1141
- b.~ 1042 in Normandy, France d.Oct 1100
- b.~ 1070 in Normandy, Frane
- b.~ 1051 in Montdidier, Picardy, France d.> 1129
- b.> 1177 d.1229
- b.1024 in Bourgogne, France d.11/12 Nov 1087 in France
- b.~ 1065 in Dijon, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon
- b.~ 1044 in Aquitaine, France d.> 1088
- b.01 Mar 1105 in Toledo, Castile d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Aragon
- b.<Jun 1040 in Burgos, Burgos, Castile d.29 Jun 1109 in Toledo, Toledo, Castile
- b.1081 in Burgos, Castile d.08 Mar 1126 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.~ 1046 in Dijon, Cote-d'Or, France
- b.1055 in Barcelona, Spain d.1082 in Dec 5 1082
- b.11 Nov 1080/1082 in Barcelona, Spain d.19 Jun 1131
- b.1059 in Apulia (Puglia), Calabria, Italy d.1086
- b.~ 1116 in Barcelona, Aragon d.2 Feb 1148/1149 in Palencia, Lâeon
- b.1055 in Milhaud, Gard, France d.> 1107
- b.~ 1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France d.1190
- b.1057 in France
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They had a daughter named Blanche.
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Children
Princess Blanche of Navarre
Blanche 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 Prieres, France.
They had a son named "the Fat".
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