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Birth:          13 May 1179 Troyes
Death:          24 May 1201 Palestine
Burial:         Church of St. Stephen, Troyes, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_III,_Count_of_Champagne
Theobald III (French: Thibaut) (13 May 1179 – 24 May 1201) was Count of Champagne 
from 1197 to his death. He was the younger son of Henry I, Count of Champagne and 
Marie, a daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine.[1] He succeeded 
as Count of Champagne in 1197 upon the death of his older brother Henry II.[2]

Charters were written by him and Philip II of France in September 1198 to dictate the 
rights of the Jews of the one vis-à-vis the other and to repay debts by Philip to the 
count of Champagne for the employment of his Jews. These laws were reinforced 
subsequently in charters that were signed between 1198 and 1231.

In 1198, Pope Innocent III called the Fourth Crusade. There was little enthusiasm for 
the crusade at first, but on 28 November 1199 various nobles of France gathered at 
Theobald's court for a tournament (in his castle at Ecry-sur-Aisne), including the 
preacher Fulk of Neuilly. There, they "took the cross", and elected Theobald their 
leader, but he died in 1201 and was replaced by Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat.

Theobald married Blanche of Navarre[1] on 1 July 1199 at Chartres. They had two 
children:
Marie
Theobald IV[1]


 As her dower, Blanche received Theobald's seven castles – Épernay, Vertus, 
Sézanne, Chantemerle, Pont-sur-Seine, Nogent-sur-Seine, and Méry-sur-Seine – and all 
the subsidiaries coming from these castles and castellaries at the Count's death. 
Following Theobald's death on May 24, 1201, she was to rule as regent for the 
following 21 years,[3] during which the succession was contested by Theobald's 
nieces, Alice and Philippa.[4]

Theobald was buried beside his father, Henry, at the Church of Saint Stephen at 
Troyes.

Parents
____ Henry (Henri) I "the Generous" (1127 - 16 Mar 1181)
OF FRANCE Marie (1145 - 11 Mar 1198)

Siblings
DE CHAMPAGNE Marie (ABT 1174 - 9 Aug 1204)
____ Theobald III (Thibault V) (13 May 1179 - 24 May 1201)

Marriage To OF NAVARRRE Blanche (ABT 1177 - 12 Mar 1229)
    m. 1 Jul 1199 Chartres

Notes

Parents
GARCIA Sancho V (VI) "el Sebio" ("the Wise") (Apr 1132 - 27 Jun 1194)
____ Sancha (ABT 1138 - 5 Aug 1177)

Children by OF NAVARRRE Blanche ABT 1177 - 12 Mar 1229
____ Theobald (Teobaldo) IV "the Great" (3 May 1201 - 8 Jul 1253)

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