Count of Champagne - Definition and Overview

The Counts of Champagne ruled the region of Champagne, France from 1022 to 1314. Hugues of Champagne was the first of the family to officially use the title "Count of Champagne".

When Louis became King of France in 1314, upon the death of his father Philip IV, Champagne became part of the Crown's territories.

• Odo II (or Eudes) (ruled from 1022-1037), son of Odo I of Blois
• Theobald I (or Thibaud) (ruled from 1037-1089), son of Odo II
• Odo IV (1089-1092), second son of Theobald I
• Stephen (regent for Hugues), eldest son of Theobald I
• Hugues (1093-1125), third son of Theobald I
• Theobald II (or Thibaud) (1125-1152), son of Stephen and nephew to Hugues
• Henry I ("The Liberal") (1152-1181), son of Theobald II
• Marie of Champagne (regent from 1181 to 1187 for her son Henry II)
• Henry II (1181-1197), son of Henry I
• Theobald III (or Thibaud) (1197-1201)
• Theobald IV (or Thibaud) (1201-1253)
• Theobald V (or Thibaud) (1253-1270)
• Henry III (1270-1274)
• Jeanne of Navarre (1274-1305)
• Louis X of France (1305-1316)

References

• Theodore Evergates, Feudal Society in the Baillage of Troyes under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284 ISBN 0801816637
• Theodore Evergates, Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne, ISBN 0812214412 (paperback), ISBN 0812232259 (hardback)
• Theodore Evergates, 'The Aristocracy of Champagne in the Mid-Thirteenth Century: A Quantitative Description', 'Journal of Interdisciplinary History', vol. 5. pp. 1-18 (1974)