Theobald I | |
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![]() Miniature of Theobald with the arms of Navarre | |
King of Navarre | |
Reign | 1234 – 8 July 1253 |
Predecessor | Sancho VII |
Successor | Theobald II |
Count of Champagne | |
Reign | 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253 |
Predecessor | Theobald III |
Successor | Theobald II of Navarre |
Born | Troyes, County of Champagne | 30 May 1201
Died | 8 July 1253 Pamplona, Kingdom of Navarre | (aged 52)
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House | House of Blois |
Father | Theobald III, Count of Champagne |
Mother | Blanche of Navarre |
Theobald I (French: Thibaut, Spanish: Teobaldo; 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvère, and was the first Frenchman to rule Navarre.
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