Thibaut III, count of Blois

Events

Date of Birth: about 1010.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Glocker (p. 341), who states that he was definitely born before 1012.

Date of Death: 29 or 30 September 1089.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Epernay.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Eudes II, count of Blois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:837), by Glocker (p. 341), by LoPrete (p. 576), by Evergates (p. 248), and by Tanner.

Mother: Ermengarde d’Auvergne.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:837), by LoPrete (p. 576), and by Tanner. Baldwin discusses her possible parentage.

Spouse: Gersende of Maine.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:838), by Glocker (p. 341), by LoPrete (p. 576), by Evergates (p. 248), and by Tanner.

(possible) Spouse: Gundrada.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Spouse: Adela.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:838), by Glocker (p. 341), and by LoPrete (p. 576). Evergates (p. 248) calls her Adelaide of Valois, Bar-sur-Aube, Vitry.

Children:

(Complete source citations about the children on this page are currently outside the scope of this project. Evergates (p. 248) makes Gersent the mother of Stephen, and Adelaide the mother of the other children.)

Étienne (died 19 May 1102), count of Blois, married Adela of England.

Eudes IV (died 1093), count of Troyes.

Phillipe (died 1100), bishop of Châlons.

Hugues (14 June 1126), count of Troyes, married (1) Constance de France; married (2) Isabelle de Mâcon.

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. “Adélaïde/Alix (Adelaidis, Alaiz, Adelax, Alaicis) alias Blanche (Blanca, Candida) of Anjou” in The Henry Project. (2012)

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

Evergates, Theodore. The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

LoPrete, Kimberly A. Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c. 1067 - 1137) (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).