The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around AD 500. Between the 8th and the 13th centuries, it was amongst the most powerful vassal counties within the Kingdom of France, after having succeeded in surrounding the Capetian dynasty's lands of France since Blois annexed the Champagne.
Since its creation up to 1498, the county was directed by counts, often with various more or less prestigious titles of nobility, or sometimes delegating their task to viscounts. The county existed until its definitive attachment to the Kingdom's lands in 1660, when Gaston, Duke of Orléans and last count of Blois, died.
The CountyofBlois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around...
2019, Blois is the most populated city of the department, and the 4th of the region. Historically, the city was the capital of the CountyofBlois, created...
During the Middle Ages, the counts ofBlois were among the most powerful vassals of the King of France. This title of nobility seems to have been created...
the death of the only son of Guy II, Count ofBlois prompted him to sell the inheritance of the CountyofBlois to Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, merging...
10th to 12th centuries: Countyof Champagne (to the royal domain in 1316) CountyofBlois (to the royal domain in 1391) Duchy of Burgundy (until 1477, then...
Adela of Normandy, ofBlois, or of England (c. 1067 – 8 March 1137), also known as Saint Adela in Roman Catholicism, was a daughter of William the Conqueror...
over Theobald III and the CountyofBlois. The debate over the duchy became so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently...
Henry ofBlois (c. 1096 – 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from...
Kody Blois MP (born January 17, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kings—Hants in the House of Commons of Canada...
outbreaks of dysentery and fever, which claimed the lives of Frederick of Swabia, Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem, and Theobald V ofBlois. When the...
Some of these people were already scorned at home and faced enormous pressure to return to the east; Countess Adela ofBlois was so ashamed of her husband...
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