Count of Champagne

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The count of Champagne was the ruler of the County of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the County of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne.

Counts and dukes of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Blois[change | change source]

Dukes of Champagne[change | change source]

In Merovingian and Carolingian times, several dukes of Champagne (or Campania) are known. The duchy appears to have been created by combining the civitates of Reims, Châlons-en-Champagne. Laon, and Troyes. In the late seventh and early eighth centuries, Champagne was controlled by the Pippinids; first by Drogo, son of Pippin of Herstal, and then by Drogo's son Arnulf.

Counts of Champagne[change | change source]

  • Theobald IV, also King of Navarre as Theobald I (1201–1253)
  • Theobald V, also King of Navarre as Theobald II (1253–1270)
  • Henry III, also King of Navarre as Henry I (1270–1274)
  • Joan (1274–1305), also Queen of Navarre
  • Philip (co-ruler of Joan), also King of France as Philip IV
  • Louis (1305–1316), also King of Navarre, became King of France in 1314, after which the title merged into the royal domain