Eudes I, count of Blois
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 995.
Place of Death: Châteaudun.
The date and place are given by Cawley.
Place of Burial: Tours, Abbaye de Saint-Martin, Marmoutier.
The place is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Thibaut I “le Tricheur”, count of Blois.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:836), by Bachrach (p. 267), by Saint-Phalle, by Le Jan (p. 450), and by Tanner.
Mother: Luitgardis de Vermandois.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:836), by Bachrach (p. 267), by Saint-Phalle, by Le Jan (p. 450), and by Tanner.
Spouse: Berthe de Bourgogne.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:836), by Bachrach (p. 267), by Saint-Phalle, by Le Jan (p. 450), and by Tanner.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)
Thibaut II (about 980 - 11 July 1004), count of Blois.
Eudes II (about 982 - 15 November 1037), count of Blois, married (1) Mathilde de Normandie; married (2) Ermengarde d’Auvergne.
Agnès married Guy, vicomte of Thouars.
Thierry.
Landry.
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Bachrach, Bernard S. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, (University of California Press, 1993).
Cawley, Charles. EUDES de Blois in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).
Saint-Phalle, Edouard de. “Les comtes de Gâtinais aux Xe et XIesiècles” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 231-246.
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).