Louis I of Blois (1172-1205) was count of Blois from 1191 to 1205. He was son of Theobald V and Alix of France. Jump to: navigation, search The County of Blois was centred on Blois, south of Paris. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events May 12 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. ... Events January 6 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans April 14 - Battle of Adrianople (1205) between Bulgars and Latins August 20 - Following certain news of Baldwin Is death, Henry of Flanders is crowned Emperor of the Latin Empire Births Deaths July 13 Hubert Walter Archbishop of Canterbury... Jump to: navigation, search Theobald V of Blois (-1191), also known as Theobald the Good (French: Thibaut le Bon), was count of Blois from 1151 to 1191, as well as count of Chartres. ...

He married Catherine, countess of Clermont, who bore him 3 children:

1. Raoul, who died young
2. Jeanne, who died young
3. Theobald, married 2 times but died childless in 1218 leaving the counties to his aunts Margaret and Elisabeth.

Louis promulgated a charter in 1196, abolishing serfage in his domains. He left France in 1202 for the Fourth Crusade, participated in the capture of Constantinople in 1204 and died in 1205 in the Battle of Adrianople (now called Edirne). Jump to: navigation, search The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204), originally designed to conquer Jerusalem by taking Egypt first, instead, in 1204, sacked and conquered the Orthodox Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. ... This Battle of Adrianople occurred on April 14, 1205 between Bulgarians under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under the Baldwin I. It was won by the Bulgarians after a skillful ambush. ... Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ...