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THIBAUT (or THEOBALD) IV

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 846 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THIBAUT (or See also:THEOBALD) IV . (1201-1253), See also:count of See also:Champagne and See also:Brie, and See also:king of See also:Navarre, See also:French poet, was See also:born at See also:Troyes in 1201. His See also:father, Thibaut III. of Champagne, died before his son's See also:birth, and his See also:mother, See also:Blanche of Navarre, was compelled to resign the guardianship of the See also:young See also:prince to See also:Philip See also:Augustus, king of See also:France, but there is little doubt that the See also:child was acquainted with Chretien de Troyes and the other trouveres who found patronage at the See also:court of Champagne. Thibaut's verses belong to what is called " courteous " See also:poetry, but they have a See also:personal See also:note that distinguishes them from See also:mere exercises. They are addressed to Blanche of Castille, the wife of See also:Louis VIII., and Thibaut's relations with her have been the subject of much controversy. The count took See also:part with Louis in the crusade against the Albigenses, but in 1226, with no apparent See also:reason, See also:left the king and returned to Champagne. Three months later Louis died under doubtful circumstances, and Thibaut was accused by his enemies of poisoning him to facilitate his own intrigue with Blanche. The real reason for Thibaut's See also:desertion appears to have been a See also:desire to consolidate his position as See also:heir-apparent of Navarre by an See also:alliance with the disaffected See also:nobility of the See also:south of France, but from this See also:confederation Blanche was skilful enough to detach him. The resentment of the See also:league involved him in a See also:war in which Champagne was laid See also:waste, and his See also:capital saved only by the royal intervention. In 1234 he succeeded his See also:uncle, Sancho VII., as king of Navarre, and from this See also:period date his most fervent songs in praise of his See also:lady. The crusade turned Thibaut's thoughts to See also:religion, and he announced his intention of singing henceforth only in See also:honour of the Virgin. Unfortunately his devotion took darker forms, for before sailing for the See also:Holy See also:Land he ordered and witnessed the burning of a See also:hundred and eighty-three unfortunate men and See also:women convicted of See also:Manichaeism.

The years 1239 and 1240 were spent in See also:

Palestine, and from the See also:time of his return Thibaut devoted (p+) S H . HC: CH C> \\N CH Thiazole. Benzothiazole. so) ca) himself to efforts for the improvement of his dominions that won for him the See also:title of le Bon. He died at Pampeluna on the 14th of See also:July 12 K3. Thibaut was the most popular of all the 13th See also:century See also:song-writers, and his See also:work is marked by a See also:grace and sweetness which he owes perhaps in part to his association with the troubadours of the south. He is said to have set his own songs to See also:music. It seems doubtful whether the notes that have come down to us can with See also:justice be attributed to him, but there is no contesting the musical quality of his See also:verse. His fame spread beyond the See also:Alps, and See also:Dante admired his poetry. He was one of the most celebrated authors of jeux-partis, elaborate discussions between two interlocutors, usually on the subject of love. His See also:works were edited in 1851 by P. Tarbe in his Chansonniers de Champagne.

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