Count of Champagne

Count of Champagne

Original coat of arms of the county of Champagne.

The Counts of Champagne ruled the region 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". When Louis became King of France in 1314, upon the death of his father Philip IV, Champagne became part of the Crown's territories. The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of France.

Contents

• 1 Counts and dukes of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Blois
  • 1.1 Dukes of Champagne
  • 1.2 Counts of Meaux and Troyes
  • 1.3 Counts of Champagne
• 2 References
• 3 Further reading

Counts and dukes of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Blois

Dukes of Champagne

In Merovingian and Carolingian times, several dukes of Champagne (or Campania) are known. The duchy appears to have been created by joining together the civitates of Rheims, Châlons-sur-Marne, Laon, and Troyes. 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.

• Lupus
• Vintronus
• Drogo (690-708)
• Arnulf

Counts of Meaux and Troyes

Counts of Troyes Aleran (820-852) Odo I (853-858 and 866-871) Rudolph I (866-858) Odo II (871-876) Robert I (876-886) Adalelm (886-894) Richard (894-921), also Duke of Burgundy Rudolph II (921-936), also Duke of Burgundy and King of France Hugh (936-952), also Duke of Burgundy Gilbert (952-956), also Duke of Burgundy

Counts of Meaux Louis (862-877), also King of Aquitaine and France Theodebert (877-888) Herbert I (896-902) Herbert II (902-943) Robert (943-967), in Troyes from 956

Counts of Troyes and Meaux

• Robert, II 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 Odo V (1089–1093) Hugh I (1093–1102)

Counts of Meaux and Blois Stephen III Henry (1089-1102), also Count of Blois Theobald II (1102-1151), also Count of Blois, in Champagne from 1125

Counts of Champagne

• Hugh I (1102–1125)
• Theobald II (1125–1152)
• Henry I (1152–1181)
• Henry II (1181–1197)
• Theobald III (1197–1201)
• Theobald IV (1201–1253)
• Theobald V (1253–1270)
• Henry III (1270–1274)
• Joan (1274–1305) and Philip I (1284–1305)
• Louis (1305–1316)
• John (1316)
• Philip II (1316-1322)
• Charles (1322-1328)

Separate from the Navarrese Crown and merged into the French Crown.

References

• Evergates, Theodore. Feudal Society in the Baillage of Troyes under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284. ISBN 0-8018-1663-7
• Evergates, Theodore. Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne. ISBN 0-8122-1441-2 (paperback), ISBN 0-8122-3225-9 (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

• Sánchez-Marco, Carlos (2005), "Casa de Champagne (House of Champagne)", La Historia Medieval del Reyno de Navarra (The Medieval History of Navarre), http://www.lebrelblanco.com/anexos/a0137.htm, retrieved 24 August 2010

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