Politics of the Counts of Champagne (1130s)

Name: Politics of the Counts of Champagne (1130s)
Start: 1131
End: 1140

Type Event Region Western Europe Time 1131–1140

In the 1130s, Count Theobald II of Champagne, one of the most powerful magnates in eastern France, both cooperated with and competed against the Cape…

Timeline

1131–1135Troyes · TroyesAfter inheriting Champagne, Boulogne, and other fiefs, Theobald II administered the county from Troyes, developed the Champagne fair trade network, and maintained alliances with the nobles of Flanders and Boulogne. The wealth and military strength of his domains made him second only to the king among the magnates of France.
1135–1140Reims · ReimsTheobald II clashed repeatedly with Louis VI and Louis VII over the allegiance of magnates, appointments to church offices, and the ownership of castles on the royal frontier. He attended major royal ceremonies to show his vassalage while maintaining near-independent diplomatic and judicial authority within his domains, constituting one of the main checks on Capetian centralization.

Sources

The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300 — Theodore Evergates (2007)
The Counts of Champagne and the Crusades — John W. Baldwin (1986)