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| Burial: St. Martins, Epernay, Marne, Champagne, France |
| Occupation: (I) de Champagne |
| Changed: 25 Feb 2005 |
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Cte de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Meaux, de Sancerre et deTroyes, etc; he lost Beauvais some time after 1037------------Mike Lysell, mlysell@attbi.com, provided the followinginformation via a post-em:Jim - found the following under "The Counts of Champagne":"Thibaud I of Champagne, also known as Thibaud III of Blois, wasborn in 1019. Eldest son of Eudes II, he inherited the countiesof Blois, Tours, Chartres and Sancerre in 1037. He equally hadcontrol over Chateau-Thierry, Provins and Saint-Florentin. Hisyounger brother Etienne obtained the counties of Troyes, Meauxand Vitry as well as the abbey Saint-Médard of Soissons."A few years after the death of their illustrious father,Thibaud and Etienne participated in the revolt led by Raoul ofCrépy and Galeran of Meulan against king Henri I. This rebellionlasted from 1041 to 1044. King Henri received military supportfrom the powerful count Geoffroy of Anjou who laid siege toTours. On August 21st 1044, in what is known as the battle ofSaint-Martin-le-beau, the troops of the count of Anjou werevictorious over the forces of Thibaud and his brother Etienne.Etienne managed to successfully retreat, but Thibaud wascaptured and held prisoner in the tower of Loches. To gain hisfreedom, and to most probably save his life, Thibaud was forcedto give over control of the Touraine region as well as thecastles of Chinon and Langeais to the count of Anjou. As aresult of this loss, the center of the Blois-Champagneprincipality shifted away from the Loire valley towards theSeine and the East. Around 1048, Etienne died and left his youngson Eudes III in the protection of his uncle who acted as hisregent. Upon reaching his majority, Eudes III distanced himselffrom Thibaud."He came dangerously under the influence of king Philippe Ibefore finally deciding to take part in the conquest of Englandin 1066. He left France never to return again. From this pointonward, the count Thibaud took control permanently of all thelands belonging to his family. In 1045, Thibaud married Gersentof Le Mans who gave him his first son, Etienne-Henri. In 1049,Thibaud annulled this marriage, expressly at the demand of popeLeon IX, for reasons of parentage."Thibaud I was directly implicated in the establishment of atleast 12 monastic and parish churches in the Champagne region (aBenedictine priory for Saint-Germain of Auxerre atSaint-Florentin after 1037 ; a Benedictine priory for Marmoutierat Ventelay before 1042 ; the Benedictine priory of Saint-Ayoulfor Montier-la-Celle at Provins in 1048 ; the hôtel-Dieu ofProvins in circa 1050 ; the parish church at La-Croix-sur-Ourcqcirca 1050 ; the collegiate church of Oulchy-le-Château after1050 ; the parish church of Charlesville in 1060 ; theBenedictine priory of Sainte-Foy for Sainte-Foy of Conques atCoulommiers after 1060 ; the Clunisian priory of Saint-Pierre atCoincy in 1072 ; the collegiate church of Saint-Jean-des-Vignesat Soissons in 1076 ; the collegiate church of Saint-Martin ofVertus in 1081 ; the Benedictine abbey Saint-Sauveur at Vertusin circa 1081 ; the Benedictine priory of Saint-Quentin ofTroyes for Molesmes before 1089 or 1090). He was in fact aself-proclaimed protector of all monastic institutions inChampagne. This great interest for monasticism was in part dueto his concern for maintaining the independence of thesecommunities from political rivals and it was a means of assuringbetter, friendly control of territories in these newly acquiredeastern lands. His sphere of influence was thus made moreconsiderable. As for his western domains, Thibaud establishedfewer new communities there. He was however the defensor of thegreat monastic house of Marmoutier in the Touraine region towhom he gave several tracts of land which permitted theestablishment of two new priories in the county of Blois. Laterin his life, Thibaud was to play an important role in what isnow known as the 'Quarrel of Investitures'.Since the papacy of Leon IX (1049-1054), the Roman church beganactively to fight simony in the ranks of the French episcopacyas well as to take steps in extracting itself from what was feltat the time to be heavy handed secular influence. Archbishopsand bishops who had gained their office not by election, but byfraudulent means were to step down or risk anathema andexcommunication. The reforms came to a climax during the reignof pope Gregory VII (1073-1085). The king of France, Philippe I,did not cooperate with Rome and had no desire to see Frenchdioceses gain in independence. For decades the Capetian monarchshad themselves been appointing ecclesiastics to office. This wastoo often done in exchange for 'gifts' to the king and meantthat the monarch had a great deal of influence over thoseappointed in this manner. The pope sent legates to France whowere to reform the French episcopacy and to excommunicate thosewho did not heed the decisions of the popes representatives.Thibaud I invited the legates to hold a council in his city ofMeaux in Brie. In 1081, this council decided the excommunicationof several of the kingís appointees. Another decision of greatimportance made at Meaux was that all monastic communities inChampagne and elsewhere in the north of France with fewer thanten members were to be affiliated with Cluny or Marmoutier, thusthey would be protected from those nobles and others who mighttry to exploit them. Thibaud I was undeniably an ally to thereformers and participated throughout his lifetime torevitalizing the Church in France."The count Thibaud I Champagne died in 1089 at the age ofseventy and was buried not at Marmoutier, but in the collegiatechurch of Saint-Martin founded by his father in the heart ot theChampagne region at Epernay. His eldest son Etienne-Henriinherited the western counties as well as Meaux. His sons EudesIV and Hugues, born from his second marriage in 1060 to Adela ofBar-sur-Aube, received the remaining eastern counties. Hisyoungest son, Philip, would become bishop of Chalons, but wouldonly be in office one year before dying at a rather young age."This sheds some light on his marriage to and divorce fromGersende du Maine and indicates she is the mother of Stephen(Etienne-Henri).The website is located at//lamop.univ-paris1.fr/baudin/anglais/Thibaud1. No authors orsources are listed.I thought you would be interested in the information.Mike Lysell
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