BLOIS

(see also Champagne)

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

ALIX de CHAMPAGNE died on 24 June 1206. She married, on 13 November 1160, as his third wife, Louis VII, King of France, who was born in 1120 and died on 18 September 1180. Alix was the daughter of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

THEOBALD IV, Count of Blois, died in 1152. In 1126, he married Maud of Carinthia.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

WILLIAM of CHAMPAGNE married Agnes Sully.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

STEPHEN of BLOIS (see below), King of England 1135, was born in 1095/96 and died on 25 October 1154. About 1123, he married Matilda of Boulogne, who was born about 1105 and died on 3 May 1151.

THEOBALD IV, WILLIAM and STEPHEN were the sons of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

STEPHEN of BLOIS, Count of Champagne, Brie, Blois and Chartres, Leader of First Crusade, died in 1101. He married Adela of England, 'the daughter of William the Conqueror. She was born in 1062 and died in 1137. Stephen was the son of (Note: See Champagne for different version of ancestry.)

THEOBALD III, Count of Blois and Champagne, died in 1089. He married, second, Alix de Crepi. Theobald III was the son of

EUDES II, Count of Blois, married, in 1020, Ermengarde de Auvergne. Eudes was the son of

EUDES I, Count of Blois, died in 995. He married Bertha of Burgundy. Eudes I was the son of

THEOBALD I le Tricheur, Count of Blois, died in 978. He married, as her second husband, Luitgarde de Vermandois, who died in 943. Theobald I was the son of

THEOBALD, Viscount of Troyes, married Richilde of France, daughter of Robert the Strong (see France--Capetian) .

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(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

MARY of Blois was born in 1126 and died in 1182. In 1160, she married Matthew of Alsace (see Alsace and Flanders), Count of Boulogne, who died in 1174. She was the daughter of

STEPHEN of Blois, King of England in 1135, was born in 1095/96 and died on 25 October 1154. About 1123, he married Matilda of Boulogne, who was born about 1105 and died on 3 May 1151. Stephen was the son of

STEPHEN of Blois, Count of Blois, died in 1101. In 1086, he married Adela of Normandy who was born in 1062 and died in 1137.

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(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, William de Mowbray)

ROSCILLA of Blois married Fulk the Red of Anjou, who was born in 888 and died in 938. Roscilla was the daughter of

GERLON, Count of Blois.

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Ref: Ancestral Roots, pps. 114 and 131, and p. 38 of Supplement; Chronological Chart, p. 6.