Name Theobald Elder | ||
Theobald le Vieux of Blois, also called Theobald the Elder (854–942) was a Norman Count of Chartres in medieval France.
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Biography
Theobald the Elder is said to have purchased the County of Chartres from the Sea-King Hasting and established a hereditary government there in the late 9th century. He is most well known as being the father of Theobald I, Count of Blois who tried to usurp Richard I in 960.
Family
Theobald the Elder had two children with his wife, Richende De Bourges.
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