Thibaut I “le Tricheur”, count of Blois

Count of Blois

Count of Chartres

Vicomte of Tours

Events

Date of Birth: about 910.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 16 January 975.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Thibaut “l’Ancien” (died about 944).

This relationship is given by Tanner, Le Jan (p. 450), and by Saint-Phalle.

Mother: unknown.

Tanner, Le Jan (p. 450), and Saint-Phalle give Richilde, an illegitimate daughter of Hugh, count of Bourges. Cawley suggests that Thibaut's mother was probably an unknown first wife of Thibaud l'Ancien.

Spouse: Liégard, daughter of Heribert II de Vermandois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:836), by Saint-Phalle, by Le Jan (p. 450), and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley.)

Thibaut de Blois (died about 960 - 962).

Hugues de Blois (died 2 January 986). Archbishop of Bourges.

Eudes I, count of Blois, married Berthe, daughter of Conrad I, king of Burgundy.

Emma de Blois married Guillaume IV d’Aquitaine.

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).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Heribert II” in The Henry Project.

Cawley, Charles. “Emma de Blois” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VII^e - X^e siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).

Saint-Phalle, Edouard de. “Les comtes de Gâtinais aux X^e et XI^esiècles” 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).