CHAMPAGNE

(see Blois)

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

MARY of Champaign married Baldwin IV, Leader of the 4th Crusade, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, Emperor of Constantinople, who was born in 1171 and died in 1246.

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

THEOBALD IV, Palatine of Champaign, King of Navarre (see Navarre), died in 1201. In 1195, he married Blanche of Navarre, heiress of Navarre.

MARY and THEOBALD were the children of

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HENRY I le Large, Count of Champaign and Brie, married Marie of France (see France-Capetian).

ALICE (Alix) of Champaign married, as his third wife, Louis VII the Young, King of France, who was born in 1120 and died on 18 September 1180.

HENRY I and ALICE were the children of

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THEOBALD III Magnus, Count Palatine of Champaign, Count of Blois, in 1126 married Mathilda (Maud) of Carinthia.

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WILLIAM SIMPLEX (see below), Lord of Solejo (Sully), married Agnes of Sully.

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STEPHEN, Count of Blois, Boulogne and Mortain, King of England (see Blois).

THEOBALD III, WILLIAM and STEPHEN were the sons of

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STEPHEN, Crusader, Count of Champaign, Blois and Chartes, was slain in 1101 fighting the infidels at Rames. In 1080, he married Adela (see England-Norman) of England who was born in 1062 and died in 1137. She was the daughter of William the Conqueror. Stephen was the son of (Note: See BIoi" for different version of ancestry.)

EUDES (Odo), Count of Blois, Charters, Tourain, and Brie, died in 1032. He married, first, Aemilia of Germany, daughter of Emperor Conrad n. Eudes was the son of

THEOBALD, Count of Blois and Charters, married N. N., sister of Emperor Conrad I. Theobald was the son of

GERLON, Prince of Danes or Northmen who invaded Normandy with Rollo, 1st Count of Blois in 920, died in 928. He married a Noble Lady.

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MARGARET de CHAMPAGNE died on 15 December 1145. She married, third, Henry, Count of Eu, Lord of Hastings. Margaret was the daughter of

WILLIAM Simplex of Champagne, Lord of Solejo, Sire de Sully, married Agnes de Sully.

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EUSTACHE de CHAMPAGNE married Anselme, Count of St. Pol.

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Ref: Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 156; Royal Genealogies, p. 637; Ancestral Roots, pps. 99 and 114.