Theobald of Navarre., Count of Champgne.
Younger son of Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France, the daughter of Louis VII, King of France and Eleanor of Aquitane.
Husband of Blanche of Navarre, the daughter of Sancho, the King of Navarre, and Sancha, daughter of the King of Leon and Castile. They were married July 1, 1199 at Chartres, France.
Father of Theobald I (Thibaut IV), who was born after his father's death.
When his father became the King of Jerusalem, his older brother, Henry II, became Count. Henry II died in 1197, Theobald became the Count of Champagne.
When Pope Innocent called for the fourth crusade, there was a reluctant response, then finally a gathering at Theobald's court on November 28, 1199 when Theobald was elected the leader of the new crusade as they all 'took the cross' in solemn pledge. He would die before they departed, and Boniface of Montferrat took his place.
His tomb includes the poem:
"Intent upon making amends for the injuries of the Cross and the land of the Crucified
He paved a way with expenses, an army, a fleet.
Seeking the terrestrial city, he finds the one celestial;
While he is obtaining his goal far away, he finds it at home.
Younger son of Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France, the daughter of Louis VII, King of France and Eleanor of Aquitane.
Husband of Blanche of Navarre, the daughter of Sancho, the King of Navarre, and Sancha, daughter of the King of Leon and Castile. They were married July 1, 1199 at Chartres, France.
Father of Theobald I (Thibaut IV), who was born after his father's death.
When his father became the King of Jerusalem, his older brother, Henry II, became Count. Henry II died in 1197, Theobald became the Count of Champagne.
When Pope Innocent called for the fourth crusade, there was a reluctant response, then finally a gathering at Theobald's court on November 28, 1199 when Theobald was elected the leader of the new crusade as they all 'took the cross' in solemn pledge. He would die before they departed, and Boniface of Montferrat took his place.
His tomb includes the poem:
"Intent upon making amends for the injuries of the Cross and the land of the Crucified
He paved a way with expenses, an army, a fleet.
Seeking the terrestrial city, he finds the one celestial;
While he is obtaining his goal far away, he finds it at home.
Theobald of Navarre., Count of Champgne.
Younger son of Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France, the daughter of Louis VII, King of France and Eleanor of Aquitane.
Husband of Blanche of Navarre, the daughter of Sancho, the King of Navarre, and Sancha, daughter of the King of Leon and Castile. They were married July 1, 1199 at Chartres, France.
Father of Theobald I (Thibaut IV), who was born after his father's death.
When his father became the King of Jerusalem, his older brother, Henry II, became Count. Henry II died in 1197, Theobald became the Count of Champagne.
When Pope Innocent called for the fourth crusade, there was a reluctant response, then finally a gathering at Theobald's court on November 28, 1199 when Theobald was elected the leader of the new crusade as they all 'took the cross' in solemn pledge. He would die before they departed, and Boniface of Montferrat took his place.
His tomb includes the poem:
"Intent upon making amends for the injuries of the Cross and the land of the Crucified
He paved a way with expenses, an army, a fleet.
Seeking the terrestrial city, he finds the one celestial;
While he is obtaining his goal far away, he finds it at home.
Younger son of Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France, the daughter of Louis VII, King of France and Eleanor of Aquitane.
Husband of Blanche of Navarre, the daughter of Sancho, the King of Navarre, and Sancha, daughter of the King of Leon and Castile. They were married July 1, 1199 at Chartres, France.
Father of Theobald I (Thibaut IV), who was born after his father's death.
When his father became the King of Jerusalem, his older brother, Henry II, became Count. Henry II died in 1197, Theobald became the Count of Champagne.
When Pope Innocent called for the fourth crusade, there was a reluctant response, then finally a gathering at Theobald's court on November 28, 1199 when Theobald was elected the leader of the new crusade as they all 'took the cross' in solemn pledge. He would die before they departed, and Boniface of Montferrat took his place.
His tomb includes the poem:
"Intent upon making amends for the injuries of the Cross and the land of the Crucified
He paved a way with expenses, an army, a fleet.
Seeking the terrestrial city, he finds the one celestial;
While he is obtaining his goal far away, he finds it at home.
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