Theobald the Elder
Theobald the Elder (854–942) was a Norman Count of Chartres in medieval France.[1]
Biography
Theobald the Elder is said to have purchased the County of Chartres from the Sea-King Hasting and established a hereditary government there in the late 9th century. He is most well known as being the father of Theobald I, Count of Blois who tried to usurp Richard I in 960.[2]
Family
Theobald the Elder had two children with his wife, Richende De Bourges.
- Theobald I, Count of Blois (913-978)
- Gerlotte de Blois (Born 914)[3]
References
- ↑ "Theobald (Thibault) Viscount De Tours (Troyes) & Count of Chartres". MathMatical. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ↑ Freeman, Edward (1930). The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. (3 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 261. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ↑ "Theobald (Thibault) Viscount De Tours (Troyes) & Count of Chartres". MathMatical. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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