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The Counts of Champagne ruled the region of Champagne, France from 1022 to 1314. Hugues of Champagne was the first of the family to officially use the title "Count of Champagne". Champagne is one of the traditional provinces of France, a region of France that is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the regions name. ...
Events Several Catharist heretics are killed in Toulouse. ...
Events June 24 - Battle of Bannockburn. ...
Hughes of Champagne (French: Hugues de Champagne, c. ...
A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess. Originally the title comes denoted the rank of a high official in the late Roman Empire: before Anthemius was made emperor in the West in 467, he was...
When Louis became King of France in 1314, upon the death of his father Philip IV, Champagne became part of the Crown's territories. The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of France. Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ...
Events June 24 - Battle of Bannockburn. ...
Philippe IV, recumbent statue on his tomb, Royal Necropolis, Saint Denis Basilica Philip IV (French: Philippe IV; 1268–November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. ...
A seneschal was an officer in the houses of important nobles in the Middle Ages. ...
- Eudes I (or Odo) (ruled from 1022-1037), son of Odo, Count of Blois
- Stephen II (ruled from 1037-1048), son of Eudes I
- Eudes II (ruled from 1048-1066), son of Stephen II
- Theobald I (or Thibaud) (ruled from 1066-1089), son of Eudes I, brother of Stephen II
- Eudes III [ruled from 1089-1093], son of Theobald I
- Hugh (1093-1125), second son of Theobald I, abdicated
- Theobald II (or Thibaud) (1125-1152), nephew to Hugues and son of Stephen of Blois and Adela, daughter of William "The Conqueror"
- Henry I ("The Liberal") (1152-1181), son of Theobald II
- Marie of Champagne (regent from 1181 to 1187 for her son Henry II)
- Henry II of Champagne (Henry I of Jerusalem) (1181-1197), son of Henry I, "The Liberal"
- Theobald III (or Thibaud) (1197-1201)
- Theobald IV (or Thibaud) (1201-1253)
- Theobald V (or Thibaud) (1253-1270)
- Henry III (1270-1274)
- Jeanne of Navarre (1274-1305)
- Louis X of France (1305-1316)
Events Several Catharist heretics are killed in Toulouse. ...
Events Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kyiv. ...
Events Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kyiv. ...
Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ...
Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ...
Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the Confessor dies. ...
Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the Confessor dies. ...
Events Northumbria divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire August 11, powerful Britain Coronation of Rama Varma Kulasekhara in Kerala Synod of Melfi under Pope Urban II imposes slavery on the wives of priests Palmyra destroyed by earthquake Byzantine conquest of Crete...
Events Donald III of Scotland comes to the throne of Scotland. ...
Events May 23 - Lothar of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. ...
Theobald II of Champagne was Count of Champagne from 1125 to 1152. ...
Events May 23 - Lothar of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. ...
Events March 4 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled May 18 - Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou Church of Ireland acknowledges Popes authority Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway...
Henry I of Champagne (d. ...
Events March 4 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled May 18 - Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou Church of Ireland acknowledges Popes authority Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway...
Events Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. ...
Marie Capet, Countess of Champagne (1145 - 1198), was the elder daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. ...
Events Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. ...
Events May 1 - Battle of Cresson - Saladin defeats the crusaders July 4 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin. ...
Henry II of Champagne (c. ...
Events Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. ...
Events Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as king of Jerusalem. ...
Theobald III of Champagne (d. ...
Events Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as king of Jerusalem. ...
Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. ...
Theobald IV of Champagne (1201–1252), known as the Troubadour, the Chansonnier, and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne and the King of Navarre from 1235. ...
Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. ...
For broader historical context, see 13th century. ...
Theobald V of Champagne (c. ...
For broader historical context, see 13th century. ...
Events The Eighth Crusade is launched against Tunis, and ends when its leader, Louis IX of France, dies. ...
Henry III of Champagne (c. ...
Events The Eighth Crusade is launched against Tunis, and ends when its leader, Louis IX of France, dies. ...
Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ...
Jeanne (or Joan or Johanna) of Navarre (c. ...
Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ...
Events Wenceslas III becomes king of Bohemia The Papacy removed to France following riots in the Papal State. ...
Louis X the Quarreller (French: Louis X le Hutin) (October 4, 1289 - June 5, 1316), King of France from 1314 to 1316, was a member of the Capetian Dynasty. ...
Events Wenceslas III becomes king of Bohemia The Papacy removed to France following riots in the Papal State. ...
Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ...
References - Theodore Evergates, Feudal Society in the Baillage of Troyes under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284 ISBN 0801816637
- Theodore Evergates, Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne, ISBN 0812214412 (paperback), ISBN 0812232259 (hardback)
- Theodore Evergates, 'The Aristocracy of Champagne in the Mid-Thirteenth Century: A Quantitative Description', 'Journal of Interdisciplinary History', vol. 5. pp. 1-18 (1974)
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