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    John I of Châtillon (died 5 May 1280 in Chambord), was count of Blois from 1241 to 1280 and lord of Avesnes. He was the son of Hugh I of Châtillon and...
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    During the Middle Ages, the counts of Blois were among the most powerful vassals of the King of France. This title of nobility seems to have been created...
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    Hugh I, Count of Blois, also known as Hugh I of Châtillon (c. 1198 – 9 April 1248) was jure uxoris Count of Blois from 1230 to 1241, and Count of Saint...
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    of Blois Theobald I, Count of Blois Hugh, Archbishop of Bourges Odo I, Count of Blois Theobald II of Blois Odo II, Count of Blois Theobald III, Count...
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    Louis I of Blois (1172 – 14 April 1205) was Count of Blois from 1191 to 1205. He is best known for his participation in the Fourth Crusade and later prominent...
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    Theobald the Great (1090–1152) was count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125...
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    who was also count of Blois, and his wife, Matilda of Carinthia. Henry took part in the Second Crusade under the leadership of Louis VII of France. He carried...
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  • to 1212 John I of Ponthieu (c. 1147 – 1191) John I of Dreux (1215–1249) John I of Avesnes (1218–1257), Count of Hainaut John I, Count of Blois (died 1280)...
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    Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 12 August 1342), son of Hugh II of Châtillon and Beatrix of Dampierre, was Count of Blois and Lord of Avesnes...
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    Theobald V of Blois (1130 – 20 January 1191), also known as Theobald the Good (French: Thibaut le Bon), was Count of Blois from 1151 to 1191. Theobald...
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    brother, Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Count of Blois, who became attached to the city. The Duke in 1657, found a hospital in Blois-Vienne, now named Résidence...
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    960-975 Theobald I of Blois († 975), Count of Blois and Chartres, which he took in 960 Married to Luitgarde of Vermandois Theobold I was also known as...
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    Hugh II of Châtillon (died 1307), son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol, and Matilda of Brabant, was count of St Pol 1289–1292 and Count of Blois 1292–1307...
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    Louis II of Châtillon (died 26 August 1346), son of Guy I, Count of Blois and Margaret of Valois, was count of Blois and lord of Avesnes from 1342 to...
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    of Dreux as the eldest daughter of John I, Duke of Brittany and Blanche of Navarre. She married John I, Count of Blois. Alix was known for founding religious...
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  • Blois (died 1280), of the House of Blois-Châtillon John of Châtillon (theologian) (died 1298) John, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1344), of the House of Châtillon...
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    Charles of Blois was beatified in 1904. Charles was born in Blois, the son of Guy de Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a sister of King Philip...
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    He was the son of Stephen II, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, a younger brother of Stephen, King of England, and a grandson of William the Conqueror...
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    Theobald VI of Blois (French: Thibaut) (died 1218) was count of Blois and Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1205 to 1218. He was son of Louis I of Blois and Catherine...
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    William I (c. 1137 – 11 October 1159) (French: Guillaume de Boulogne), also referred to as William of Blois, was Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey jure...
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    III of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1289) was a French nobleman, and was a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois, and Mary, Countess of Blois. While...
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    Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne jure uxoris from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy...
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    Margaret of Blois. In 1226, Mary married Hugh I of Châtillon, a count from Châtillon-sur-Marne, son of Gaucher III of Châtillon and Elisabeth of Saint-Pol...
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    Avesnes. She was the daughter of John I, Count of Blois and Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy. Joan received the County of Chartres from her father during...
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    the Battle of Crécy. His mother was Marie of Blois. During John's long minority, the regency was in the hands of his mother and Eberhard III of Württemberg...
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    Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England (c. 1067 – 8 March 1137), also known as Saint Adela in Roman Catholicism, was a daughter of William the Conqueror...
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    Count of Valois (1386?–1406) Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord (1400–1407) and Soissons (1404–07). Louis was the younger brother of King...
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    of King Philip VI of France. In 1310, she married Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois. They had three children together: Louis II of Châtillon, Count of...
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  • John I (Jean I) (died 24 February 1191), Count of Alençon, son of William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu, and Helie of Burgundy. Recognized as Count of...
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    John I (5 February 1345 – 16 January 1404), was Count of Penthièvre and Viscount of Limoges from 1364 to 1404, and the Penthièvre claimant to the Duchy...
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