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unusual facts about Theobald I, Count of Bar



Hugh de Puiset

Lastly, the bishop's nephew Hugh IV de Puiset, who was Count of Bar in France, brought an armed force to Hartlepool, supposedly to help defend Hugh, but King Henry feared that this was an attempt to aid the rebellion of the Young King.

Theobald I, Count of Bar

His eldest daughter Agnes, from his first marriage, married Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine.

Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine

His successor was Matthias his brother; his widow remarried his old rival, Theobald of Champagne.

In 1216, in the Champagne War of Succession, he supported Erard I, Count of Brienne, in his quarrel with Theobald IV, Count of Champagne, who was supported by Philip II of France, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Henry II of Bar.

War of the Succession of Champagne

Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine took on Erard's cause, as did his brother-in-law Miles, Seigneur de Noyers, and his nephew André de Pougy, Seigneur de Marolles-sur-Seine and de Saint Valérien.


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