Eldest son of Count Thibaut II of Champagne (Count Thibaut IV of Blois) and his wife, Matilda of Carinthia. Husband of Marie of France, the daughter of Louis VII King of France and Eleanor of Aquitane. They were married in 1164 and had four children:
* Scholastique of Champagne m William IV of Macon d 1219
* Henry II, King of Jerusalem 1166-1197
* Marie of Champagne m Baldwin I, Emperor of Constantinople d 1204
* Theobald III 1179-1201
Henry was a participant in the second Crusade, riding with his father-in-law, the King of France. He carried a letter of recommendation from Bernard of Clairvaux addressed to Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor and was present at the assembly with Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, at Acre on the 24th of June 1148. His father died in 1152, and he became the Count of Champagne by surprisingly choosing to take Champagne, leaving the richer French family holdings to his brothers. He became a very wealthy and powerful man with 2,000 vassals, made Champagne a safe trade center with his protection, and turned Troyes into a renowned literary center.
Henry returned to the Crusades in 1179 with other French knights, returned by way of Asia Minor (Turkey) and was captured by Sultan Kilij Arslan II and held for ransom. The Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos paid his ransom, but Henry died soon after his return home, aged 53.
His oldest son, Henry II, became the Count of Champagne, and in 1192 the King of Jerusalem, at which point the title of Count was passed on to Henry's second son, Theobald.
* Scholastique of Champagne m William IV of Macon d 1219
* Henry II, King of Jerusalem 1166-1197
* Marie of Champagne m Baldwin I, Emperor of Constantinople d 1204
* Theobald III 1179-1201
Henry was a participant in the second Crusade, riding with his father-in-law, the King of France. He carried a letter of recommendation from Bernard of Clairvaux addressed to Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor and was present at the assembly with Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, at Acre on the 24th of June 1148. His father died in 1152, and he became the Count of Champagne by surprisingly choosing to take Champagne, leaving the richer French family holdings to his brothers. He became a very wealthy and powerful man with 2,000 vassals, made Champagne a safe trade center with his protection, and turned Troyes into a renowned literary center.
Henry returned to the Crusades in 1179 with other French knights, returned by way of Asia Minor (Turkey) and was captured by Sultan Kilij Arslan II and held for ransom. The Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos paid his ransom, but Henry died soon after his return home, aged 53.
His oldest son, Henry II, became the Count of Champagne, and in 1192 the King of Jerusalem, at which point the title of Count was passed on to Henry's second son, Theobald.
Eldest son of Count Thibaut II of Champagne (Count Thibaut IV of Blois) and his wife, Matilda of Carinthia. Husband of Marie of France, the daughter of Louis VII King of France and Eleanor of Aquitane. They were married in 1164 and had four children:
* Scholastique of Champagne m William IV of Macon d 1219
* Henry II, King of Jerusalem 1166-1197
* Marie of Champagne m Baldwin I, Emperor of Constantinople d 1204
* Theobald III 1179-1201
Henry was a participant in the second Crusade, riding with his father-in-law, the King of France. He carried a letter of recommendation from Bernard of Clairvaux addressed to Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor and was present at the assembly with Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, at Acre on the 24th of June 1148. His father died in 1152, and he became the Count of Champagne by surprisingly choosing to take Champagne, leaving the richer French family holdings to his brothers. He became a very wealthy and powerful man with 2,000 vassals, made Champagne a safe trade center with his protection, and turned Troyes into a renowned literary center.
Henry returned to the Crusades in 1179 with other French knights, returned by way of Asia Minor (Turkey) and was captured by Sultan Kilij Arslan II and held for ransom. The Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos paid his ransom, but Henry died soon after his return home, aged 53.
His oldest son, Henry II, became the Count of Champagne, and in 1192 the King of Jerusalem, at which point the title of Count was passed on to Henry's second son, Theobald.
* Scholastique of Champagne m William IV of Macon d 1219
* Henry II, King of Jerusalem 1166-1197
* Marie of Champagne m Baldwin I, Emperor of Constantinople d 1204
* Theobald III 1179-1201
Henry was a participant in the second Crusade, riding with his father-in-law, the King of France. He carried a letter of recommendation from Bernard of Clairvaux addressed to Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor and was present at the assembly with Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, at Acre on the 24th of June 1148. His father died in 1152, and he became the Count of Champagne by surprisingly choosing to take Champagne, leaving the richer French family holdings to his brothers. He became a very wealthy and powerful man with 2,000 vassals, made Champagne a safe trade center with his protection, and turned Troyes into a renowned literary center.
Henry returned to the Crusades in 1179 with other French knights, returned by way of Asia Minor (Turkey) and was captured by Sultan Kilij Arslan II and held for ransom. The Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos paid his ransom, but Henry died soon after his return home, aged 53.
His oldest son, Henry II, became the Count of Champagne, and in 1192 the King of Jerusalem, at which point the title of Count was passed on to Henry's second son, Theobald.
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