Theobald V of Blois 1 2 3
- Born: Cir 1108
- Marriage: Alisa Capet circa 1164
- Died: 20 Jan 1191, Acre, Palestine aged 83
General Notes:
Theobald V of Blois, also known as Theobald the Good (French: Thibaut le Bon), was Count of Blois from 1151 to 1191. He was son of Theobald II of Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia. Although he was the second son, Theobald inherited Blois (including Chartres), while his elder brother, Henry got the more important county of Champagne.
He first married Sybil of Chateaurenault, which made him lord of Chateaurenault. Next he married Alix of France, daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. Theobald and Alix had seven children.
Theobald lived primarily in Chartres and had its city walls renovated. After joining his brother Henry and a number of other nobles in opposing the young king Philip II, he reconciled with the king and supported him on the Third Crusade. He arrived in the summer of 1190 in the Holy Land and died on 20 January 1191, during the Siege of Acre.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a Count of Blois and Chartres. Seneschal of France.
Theobald married Alisa Capet, daughter of Louis VII the Younger of France Capet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, circa 1164. (Alisa Capet was born in 1150 and died in 1198.)
Marriage Notes:
Theobald and Alix had seven children:
Theobald, d. young
Philip, d. young
Henry, d. young
Louis I of Blois (d. 1205)
Alix, Abbess of Fontevrault
Margaret, married Walter of Avesnes, later Countess of Blois
Isabelle (or Elizabeth) (d. 1248), to whom her nephew Theobald VI of Blois left the County of Chartres (alienated from Blois) and the lordship of Chateaurenault. 2
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