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Count Blois is in Counts of France.
Around 944 Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois (age 31) and Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy (age 29) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux and Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux.
In 975 Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois (age 62) died. His son Odo (age 25) succeeded I Count Blois.
Around 983 Odo Blois I Count Blois (age 33) and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy (age 58) and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (age 40). He the son of Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois and Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy.
On 12th March 996 Odo Blois I Count Blois (age 46) died. His son Theobald (age 11) succeeded II Count Blois.
Around 1004 Odo Blois II Count Blois (age 21) and Maud Normandy Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 40).
On 11th July 1004 Theobald Blois II Count Blois (age 19) died. His brother Odo (age 21) succeeded II Count Blois.
In 1007 Odo Blois II Count Blois (age 24) and Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois (age 37) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. He the son of Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 43).
On 15th November 1037 Odo Blois II Count Blois (age 54) died. His son Theobald (age 25) succeeded III Count Blois. His son Stephen succeeded II Count Troyes and Meaux.
In or before 1045 Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 32) and Gersenda Maine Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine. He the son of Odo Blois II Count Blois and Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois. They were third cousin twice removed.
Around 1055 Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 43) and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. He the son of Odo Blois II Count Blois and Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois.
In 1080 Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres (age 35) and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 13) were married at Chartres [Map]. She by marriage Countess Blois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 52) and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 68) and Gersenda Maine Countess Blois. They were third cousins.
In 1089 Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 77) died. His son Stephen (age 44) succeeded II Count Blois.
On 19th May 1102 Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres (age 57) died. His son William (age 17) succeeded Count Blois, Count Chartres.
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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.
In 1104 William "Simple" Blois Count Blois Count Chartres (age 19) and Agnes Sully Countess Blois and Chartres (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois, Countess Chartres. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 37).
In 1123 Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois (age 33) and Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne, Countess Blois. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 56).
Around 1150 William "Simple" Blois Count Blois Count Chartres (age 65) died. His brother Theobald (age 60) succeeded II Count Champagne, IV Count Blois.
In 1152 Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois (age 62) died. His son Henry (age 24) succeeded I Count Champagne. His son Theobald (age 22) succeeded V Count Blois.
In 1164 Theobald "Good" Blois V Count Blois (age 34) and Alix Capet Countess Blois (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Louis VII King Franks (age 44) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 42). He the son of Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois and Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois. They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 20th January 1191 Theobald "Good" Blois V Count Blois (age 61) died. His son Louis (age 19) succeeded I Count Blois.
Before 14th April 1205 Louis Blois I Count Blois (age 33) and Catherine Countess Blois and Clermont en Beauvais were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Raoul I Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. He the son of Theobald "Good" Blois V Count Blois and Alix Capet Countess Blois.
On 14th April 1205 Louis Blois I Count Blois (age 33) died. His son Theobald succeeded VI Count Blois.
Before 1218 Theobald Blois VI Count Blois and Clemence Roches Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. He the son of Louis Blois I Count Blois and Catherine Countess Blois and Clermont en Beauvais.
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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.
In 1230 Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol (age 32) was appointed I Count Blois.
On 9th April 1248 Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol (age 50) died. His grandson Hugh succeeded II Count Blois.
In 1280 Joan Chatillon I Countess Blois (age 27) was appointed I Count Blois.
Around 1287 Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 61) and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 40). He the son of Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol (age 60) and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 63). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1307 Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois died. His son Guy succeeded I Count Blois. Margaret Valois (age 12) by marriage Countess Blois.
In 1340 Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon and Jeanne Beaumont Count Soissons, Blois, Chatillon and Namur (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois, Countess Chatillon. She the daughter of John Beaumont Count Soissons (age 52) and Margaret Nesle Countess Soissons (age 35). He the son of Guy Chatillon I Count Blois and Margaret Valois (age 45). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 12th August 1342 Guy Chatillon I Count Blois died. His son Louis succeeded II Count Blois.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England (age 33) defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" (age 16), Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 33), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 36) and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 30).
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield (age 36), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 38), Bernard Brocas (age 16), Thomas Felton (age 16), James Audley (age 28), Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 59), Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh (age 18), Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 51), John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 66), Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 37), Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 19), William Scrope (age 21), Stephen Scrope (age 21), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 16), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28), Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 42), Nicholas Longford (age 61), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh (age 27), Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 28), Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk (age 48), John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 34), Thomas West (age 34), John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby (age 43), John Wingfield (age 26), Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy (age 25), Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 43) (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux (age 37), John Devereux (age 44), Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos (age 26), Richard Pembridge (age 26) and John Sully (age 63).
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 52) was wounded. William de Coucy (age 60) and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy (age 33) and were killed.
Charles Valois Count Alençon (age 49) was killed. His son Charles (age 9) succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders (age 42) was killed. His son Louis (age 15) succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia (age 50) was killed. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded IV King Bohemia.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 26) was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt (age 39) was killed.
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In 1372 Louis Chatillon III Count Blois Count Soissons died. His brother John succeeded II Count Blois.
In February 1372 John Chatillon II Count Blois and Mathilde Guelders Countess Blois and Cleves (age 47) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Reginald "Black" II Duke Guelders and Sophia Berthout Berthout. He the son of Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon and Jeanne Beaumont Count Soissons, Blois, Chatillon and Namur. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1381 John Chatillon II Count Blois died at Valciennes. His brother Guy succeeded II Count Blois.
In 1397 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans (age 24) was appointed Count Blois.
Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois was created I Count Blois.
Adelaide Blois Duchess Brittany was created I Countess Blois.
Guy Chatillon II Count Blois and Marie Dampierre Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of William "Rich" Dampierre I Marquis Namur and Catherine Countess Eu and Guînes. He the son of Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon and Jeanne Beaumont Count Soissons, Blois, Chatillon and Namur. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.