CHAMPAGNE, Count Henry I

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• Name	CHAMPAGNE, Henry
  Prefix	Count
  Suffix	I
  Nickname	The Generous
  Birth	Dec 1127	Vitry-la-Ville, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1181	Saint-Etienne, Landes, France
  Death	16 Mar 1181	Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
  WAC	28 Sep 2000	LANGE   [1]
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  Person ID	I28275	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	BLOIS, Count Thibaud II ,   b. 2 Apr 1090, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Franced. 10 Jan 1152, Lagny Sur Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
  Mother	CARINTHIA, Countess Mathilde ,   b. Abt 1097, Kärnten, Austria Kärnten, Austriad. 13 Dec 1161, Fontrevault Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1123
  Family ID	F15673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CAPET, Countess Marie ,   b. 1145, Lot-et-Garonne, Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France Lot-et-Garonne, Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 11 Mar 1181, Troyes, Champagne, France (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1164	France
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 1153
  Children	2 sons and 2 daughters
  1. CHAMPAGNE, Count Henri II ,   b. 29 Jul 1166, Troyes, France Troyes, Franced. 10 Sep 1197, Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Israel (Age 31 years)   2. CHAMPAGNE, Scholastique de ,   b. 1172, Champaigne, Marne, France Champaigne, Marne, Franced. 1219, Troyes (Age 47 years) + 3. CHAMPAGNE, Marie de ,   b. 21 Mar 1174, Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, Franced. 9 Aug 1204, Valenciennes-Nord, Valenciennes, France (Age 30 years) + 4. CHAMPAGNE, Count Thibault ,   b. 13 May 1179, Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 24 May 1201, Acre, Hazafon, Palestine, Israel (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F15150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Henry I (December 1127 – March 16, 1181), known as the Liberal,[1] was count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181. He was the eldest son of Count Thibaut II of Champagne (who was also Count Thibaut IV of Blois) and his wife, Matilda of Carinthia.[1] Henry I of Champagne Born December 1127 Died 17 March 1181 Troyes Noble family House of Blois Spouse(s) Marie of France, Countess of Champagne Father Thibaut II of Champagne Mother Matilda of Carinthia Henry took part in the Second Crusade under the leadership of Louis VII of France.[2] He carried a letter of recommendation from Bernard of Clairvaux addressed to Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor; he is listed among the notables present at the assembly held by Baldwin III of Jerusalem at Acre on 24 June 1148.[3] On his father's death, Henry chose to take Champagne, leaving the family's older holdings (including Blois, Chartres, Sancerre, and Châteaudun) to his younger brothers. At the time this may have been surprising, for the other territories were richer and better developed. Henry must have foreseen the economic possibilities of Champagne, and it is during his rule that the county achieved its high place as one of the richest and strongest of the French principalities. Henry established orderly rule over the nobles of Champagne, and could fairly reliably count on the aid of some 2,000 vassals, which just by itself made him a power few in France could equal. This order in turn made Champagne a safe place for merchants to gather, and under the count's protection the Champagne Fairs became a central part of long-distance trade and finance in medieval Europe. In addition, the count's court in Troyes became a renowned literary center.[4] Walter Map was among those who found hospitality there. The scholar Stephen of Alinerre was among Henry's courtiers, becoming chancellor of the county in 1176.[5] In 1179 Henry went to Jerusalem again[6] with a party of French knights including his relatives Peter of Courtenay (brother of Louis VII) and Philip of Dreux, bishop of Beauvais.[7] Henry returned towards Europe by the land route across Asia Minor, and was captured and held to ransom by Kilij Arslan II, Seljuk sultan of Rüm.[7] The ransom was paid by the Byzantine Emperor.[7] Henry would later die, 16 March 1181.[8] In 1164, Henry married Marie of France, daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine.[1] They had four children: Scholastique of Champagne (died 1219),[8] married William IV of Mâcon Henry II (1166–1197)[8] Marie of Champagne (died 1204),[8] married Baldwin I of Constantinople Theobald (1179–1201)[8] Henry built the collegiate church of Saint-Étienne in Troyes between 1157 and 1171, which he planned as a necropolis for the House of Blois. He was buried there, as was his son Theobald III, but most of his descendants were buried elsewhere.[9] He died in 1181 and was succeeded by their eldest son Henry. After Henry became king of Jerusalem, the younger son Theobald became count.

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Henri I Count CHAMPAGNE; Male; Birth: 1127 Champagne, , , France; Death: 16 MAR 1181; Baptism: 24 APR 1992 WASHI; Endowment: 07 JAN 1993 WASHI; Sealing to Parents: 16 JUN 1993 WASHI; Thibaud IV OR II CHAMPAGNE / Mathilde OR Maude Princess CARINTHIA; Father: Thibaud IV OR II CHAMPAGNE; Mother: Mathilde OR Maude Princess CARINTHIA; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 20 Sep 2004