Biography of Theobald IV King Navarre 1201-1253

Paternal Family Tree: Blois

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On 1st July 1199 [his father] Theobald Blois III Count Champagne (age 20) and [his mother] Blanche Ramirez were married at Chartres [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and [his grandmother] Sancha Ivrea. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Blois I Count Champagne and [his grandmother] Marie Capet Countess Champagne. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 24th May 1201 [his father] Theobald Blois III Count Champagne (age 22) died.

On 30th May 1201 Theobald IV King Navarre was born to Theobald Blois III Count Champagne (deceased) and Blanche Ramirez. Theobald IV King Navarre succeeded posthumously IV Count Champagne. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1222 Theobald IV King Navarre (age 20) and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.

In 1226 [his daughter] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 24) and [his wife] Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy.

In 1229 [his mother] Blanche Ramirez died.

On 11th July 1231 [his wife] Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy died.

After 11th July 1231 Theobald IV King Navarre (age 30) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.

Around 1233 [his daughter] Eleanor Blois died.

In 1233 [his daughter] Eleanor Blois was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 31) and [his wife] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 16).

On 7th April 1234 [his uncle] Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre (age 79) died. His nephew Theobald (age 32) succeeded IV King Navarre. [his wife] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 17) by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.

In 1236 [his son-in-law] John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 18) and [his daughter] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Theobald IV King Navarre (age 34) and [his former wife] Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy. He the son of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 49) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Chronica Majora. April 1236. In the spring of the same year, many of the nobles rose in insurrection, to make war against the kingdom of France, for it excited their indignation that France, the kingdom of kingdoms, was governed by a woman's counsel. Men of rank and renown, and who had been trained to arms from their early youth, joined in the insurrection; the king of Navarre (age 34), that is, the count of Champagne; the count de la Marche (age 53), the [his son-in-law] count of Brittany (age 18), and a great many other nobles, allied themselves together by treaty and oath.

On 06 or 7th December 1239 [his son] Theobald "Young" II King Navarre was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 38) and [his wife] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 22).

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1242 [his daughter] Beatrix Blois Duchess Burgundy was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 25).

Around 1244 [his son] Henry I King Navarre was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 42) and [his wife] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 27).

On 8th July 1253 Theobald IV King Navarre (age 52) died. His son [his son] Theobald (age 13) succeeded V Count Champagne, II King Navarre.

On 12th April 1256 [his former wife] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 39) died.

[his daughter] Marquesa Gil de Rada Blois was born to Theobald IV King Navarre.

[his daughter] Margaret Blois Duchess Lorraine was born to Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre.

[his son] Peter Blois was born to Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

[his daughter] Agnes Blois was born to Theobald IV King Navarre.