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Dissolved. Extinction date. 1660. Seat (s) Château of Blois. 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 in 832 by Emperor Louis the Pious for Count William, the youngest son of Adrian, Count of Orléans.
PortraitNameReignOther TitlesTheobald I of Blois, aka Theobald the ...940–977Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Son of Theobald the Elder and Richilde.Odo I of Blois (c. 950 – died in 996)977–996Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Second son of Count Theobald I and ...Theobald II of Blois (c. 983 – 11 July ...996–1004Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Elder son of Count Odo I, her reign was ...Odo II of Blois (c. 985 – 15 Nov.1004–1037Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Younger brother of Count Theobald II, he ...Stephen, Count of Blois. Stephen Henry (in French, Étienne Henri, in Medieval French, Estienne Henri; c. 1045 – 19 May 1102) was the Count of Blois and Count of Chartres. He led an army during the First Crusade, was at the surrender of the city of Nicaea, and directed the siege of Antioch.
The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around AD 500 . Between the 8th and the 13th centuries, it was amongst the most powerful vassal counties within the Kingdom of France , after having succeeded in surrounding the Capetian ...
Blois, feudal countship that rose to great importance in medieval France as its holders came to possess not only the city of Blois itself and its immediate vicinity, the Blésois, but also other domains. Under Robert the Strong (d. 866), duke of the entire region between the Seine and Loire rivers
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Article History. Blois, France. Cathedral on the banks of the Loire River at Blois, France. Blois, city, capital of Loir-et-Cher département, Centre région, central France, on the Loire River northeast of Tours.
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Also known as: Thibaut the Cheat, Thibaut the Old. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Blois. In Blois. …of count was assumed by Thibaut I the Old, or the Cheat (d. c. 977), who founded the hereditary house of Blois. He enlarged his domain until it extended from the Indre River to the Eure. Read More.
Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images. Blois. France, Europe. Towering above the northern bank of the Loire, Blois’ royal château, one-time feudal seat of the powerful counts of Blois, offers a gripping introduction to some key periods in French history and architecture.
