Theobald VI, Count of Blois

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Theobald VI.

Theobald VI of Blois (French: Thibaut) (died 1218) was count of Blois and Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1205 to 1218.

He was son of Louis I of Blois and Catherine of Clermont.Template:Sfn

Theobald married twice: with Maud of AlençonTemplate:Sfn and with Clemence of Roches, but remained childless. Clemence married Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, as her second husband.

Theobald fought the Moors in Castile.Template:Sfn During the campaign he contracted leprosy and returned home.Template:Sfn After living withdrawn in his castle in La Ferté-Villeneuil for a few years, Theobald died in 1218, leaving his possessions to his aunts Margaret and Isabelle. The northern part of Blois was erected into the County of Chartres for Isabelle; Margaret received the remainder of the County of Blois, and his heirs sold Clermont to Philip II of France.Template:Sfn

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Theobald VI, Count of Blois
 Died: 1218
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Count of Blois
1205–1218 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Count of Chartres
1205–1218 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1205–1218 Template:S-ttl/check
to royal domain

Template:Dukes of Chartres