Theobald VI, Count of Blois

Theobald VI of Blois (French: Thibaut) (died 1218) was count of Blois and Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1205 to 1218.

Theobald VI.

He was son of Louis I of Blois and Catherine of Clermont.[1]

Theobald married twice: with Maud of Alençon[1] and with Clemence of Roches, but remained childless. Clemence married Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, as her second husband.

Theobald fought the Moors in Castile.[2] During the campaign he contracted leprosy and returned home.[2] After living withdrawn in his castle in La Ferté-Villeneuil for a few years he died in 1218, leaving his possessions to his aunts Margaret and Isabelle. The northern part of Blois was erected into the County of Chartres for Isabelle; Margaret received the remainder of the County of Blois, and he sold Clermont to the crown before he died.

References
  1. Peter of Blois 1993, p. 38.
  2. Dickson 2009, p. 50.

Sources
  • Dickson, Gary (2008). The Children's Crusade: Medieval History, Modern Mythistory. Palgrave Macmillan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Peter of Blois (1993). Revell, Elizabeth (ed.). The Later Letters of Peter of Blois. Oxford University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Theobald VI, Count of Blois
 Died: 1218
Preceded by
Louis I		 Count of Blois
1205–1218		 Succeeded by
Margaret
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1205–1218		 to royal domain
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