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BLOIS , COUNTSHI? OF. From 865 to about 940 the countship of Blois was one of those which were held in See also:fee by the See also:margrave of See also:Neustria, See also:Robert the Strong, and by his successors, the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot See also:Hugh, See also:Odo (or Eudes), Robert II. and Hugh the See also:Great. It then passed, about 940 and for nearly three centuries, to a new See also:family of See also:counts, whose chiefs, at first vassals of the See also:dukes of See also:France, Hugh the Great and Hugh See also:Capet, became in 987, by the See also:accession of the Capetian See also:dynasty to the See also:throne of France, the See also:direct vassals of the See also:crown. These new counts were originally very powerful. With the countship of Blois they See also:united, from 940 to 1044, that of See also:Touraine, and from about 950 to 1218, and after-wards from 1269 to 1286, the countship of See also:Chartres remained in their See also:possession.
The counts of Blois of the See also:house of the Theobalds (Thibauds) began with See also:Theobald I., the Cheat, who became See also:count about 940. He was succeeded by his son, Odo (Eudes) I., about 975. Theobald II., eldest son of Odo I., became count in 996, and was succeeded by Odo II., younger son of Odo I., about 1oo5. Odo II. was one of the most warlike barons of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. With the already considerable domains which he held from his ancestors, he united the heritage of his kinsman, See also:Stephen I., count of See also:Troyes. In 1033 he disputed the crown of See also:Burgundy with the See also:emperor, See also:Conrad the Salic, and perished in 1037 while fighting in See also:Lorraine.
He was succeeded in 103 7 by his eldest son, Theobald III., who was defeated by the Angevins in 1044, and was forced to give up the See also:town of See also:Tours and its dependencies to the count of See also:Anjou. In 1089 Stephen See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, eldest son of Theobald III., became count. He took See also:part in the first crusade, See also:fell into the hands of the See also:Saracens, and died in captivity; he married Adela, daughter of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:England. In 1102 Stephen Henry was succeeded by his son, Theobald IV. the Great, who united the countship of Troyes with his domains
in 1128. In 1135, on the See also:death of his maternal See also:uncle, Henry I., king of England, he was called to See also:Normandy by the barons of the duchy, but soon renounced his claims on learning that his younger See also:brother, Stephen, had just been proclaimed king of England. In 1152 Theobald V. the See also:Good, second son of Theobald IV., became count; he died in 1191 in See also:Syria, at the See also:siege of See also:Acre. His son See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis succeeded in 1191, took part in the See also:fourth crusade, and after the taking of See also:Constantinople was rewarded with the duchy of See also:Nicaea. He was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Adrianople in 1205, in which See also:year he was succeeded by his son, Theobald VI. the See also:Young, who died childless. In 1218 the countship passed to See also:Margaret, eldest daughter of Theobald V., and to See also:Walter (See also:Gautier) of See also:Avesnes, her third See also:husband.
The See also:Chatillon See also:branch of the counts of Blois began in 1230 with See also:Mary of Avesnes, daughter of Margaret of Blois and her husband, Hugh of Chatillon, count of St Pol. In 1241 her brother, See also:John of Chatillon, became count of Blois, and was succeeded in 1279 by his daughter, See also:Joan of Chatillon, who married See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, count of See also:Alencon, fifth son of Louis IX., king of France. In 1286 Joan, sold the countship of Chartres to the king of France.
Hugh of Chatillon, her first-See also:cousin, became count of Blois in 1293, and was succeeded by his son, See also:Guy I., in 1307. In 1342 Louis II., eldest son of Guy I., died at the battle of See also:Crecy, and his brother, See also:Charles of Blois, disputed the duchy of See also:Brittany with John of See also:Montfort. Louis III., eldest son of Louis II., became count in 1346, and was succeeded by John II., second son of Louis II., in 1372. In 1381 Guy II., brother of Louis III. and John II., succeeded in 1381, but died childless. Overwhelmed with See also:debt, he had sold the countship of Blois to Louis I., See also:duke of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, brother'of King Charles VI., who took possession of it in 1397.
In 1498 the countship of Blois was united with the crown by the accession of King Louis XII., See also:grandson and second successor of Louis I., duke of Orleans.
See Bernier, Histoire de Blois (1682) ; La Saussaye, Histoire de la ville de Blois (1846). (A.
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