Theobald the Elder

Theobald the Elder (854–942) was a Norman Count of Chartres in medieval France.^[1]

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.^[2]

Family

Theobald the Elder had two children with his wife, Richende De Bourges.

• Theobald I, Count of Blois (913-978)
• Gerlotte de Blois (Born 914)^[3]

References

1. "Theobald (Thibault) Viscount De Tours (Troyes) & Count of Chartres". MathMatical. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
2. Freeman, Edward (1930). The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. (3 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 261. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
3. "Theobald (Thibault) Viscount De Tours (Troyes) & Count of Chartres". MathMatical. Retrieved 22 June 2015.