BLOIS Thibault

Abt 1010 - 1089  (79 years)

• Name	BLOIS Thibault
  Birth	Abt 1010	Blois, Orléanais, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Sep 1089	Épernay, Bourgogne, France
  Notes	Thibaut de Blois born about 1010 was the son of Eudes II Comte de Blois and his second wife Ermengarde d'Auvergne.[1] On his father's death in 1037 he succeeded as Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Tours and Sancerre. The county of Touraine was lost in 1044, but he later acquired Meaux and Troyes about 1065, effectively becoming Count of Champagne.[2] Thibaut married firstly, as her first husband, Gersende du Maine, daughter of Heribert I "Euigilans Canis/Eveille-chien" Comte du Maine & his wife.[1] However, he repudiated her in 1048.[1] Thibaut then married, in 1050-55, Gundrada.[1] Before 1061, Thibaut had married his third wife, Adela or Alix. Her death was recorded in the necrology of Saint-Loup, Troyes, on "XII Mai" as "Aalais uxor Theobaudi comitis Campaniæ" and her burial was "in monasterio Sancti Faronis.[1] Thibaut died on 29/30 September 1089, and was buried at Epernay.[1][3] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3 fmg.ac ↑ Wikipédia (French) ↑ LoPrete, Kimberly. Adela of Blois Countess and Lord (c 1067-1137). Four Courts Press, 2007. P496 -death of Thibault III cited 29 September 1089. Ancestry.com Evergates, Theodore, ed., Aristocratic Women in Medieval France (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999) "Adela of Blois: Family Alliances and Female Lordship" by Kimberly A. LoPrete. Page 12.
  Person ID	I59953	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	BLOIS Eudes,   b. Abt 0983, Blois, France d. 15 Nov 1037, Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine, France (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	AUVERGNE Ermengarde,   b. Abt 0984, Auvergne, Aquitaine, France d. Aft 1042, Auvergne, Aquitaine, France (Age > 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1005
  Family ID	F26619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MAINE Gersende,   b. 1030, Maine, France d. Aft 1071, Maine, France (Age > 42 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1045	France
  Children	1. BLOIS Étienne-Henri,   b. Abt 1052, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d. 19 May 1102, Ramleh, Palestine, Holy Land, Israel (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026