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Theobald II of Blois

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Non-contemporary slab marking the tomb of Theobald II in the Abbey of Saint-Père-en-Vallée

Theobald II, Count of Blois (Thibaut II; c. 983 – 11 July 1004) was the eldest son and heir of Odo I, Count of Blois,[1] and Bertha of Burgundy.

The stepson of Robert II of France,[2] he became Count of Blois,[3] Châteaudun, Chartres and Reims after the death of his father in 996. Theobald II left no heirs; on his death, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Odo II, Count of Blois.

References

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  1. ^ Tout, Thomas Frederick (1906), The Empire and the Papacy: 918–1273, Periods of European history, London: Rivingtons, p. 279.
  2. ^ Bachrach, Bernard S. (1993), Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, University of California Press, p. 75, ISBN 0520913043.
  3. ^ Commire, Anne (2000), Women in World History, vol. 10, Gale, p. 637, ISBN 0787640697.
Preceded by Count of Blois
995–1004
Succeeded by