House of Champagne

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The House of Champagne was a prominent medieval French noble dynasty that ruled the County of Champagne and later provided monarchs to the Kingdom of Navarre.

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Label Occurrences
House of Champagne canonical 3
Count of Champagne 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval French dynasty
noble house
alliedWith Capetian dynasty
surface form: Capetian kings of France
alsoKnownAs Blois-Champagne dynasty
surface form: Champagne dynasty
associatedWith Crusades
coatOfArmsDescription azure, a bend argent cotised potenté or
continent Europe
country France
culturalInfluence courtly literature
troubadour and trouvère traditions
dynasticConnection Capetian dynasty
Kingdom of France
economicBase agricultural revenues
tolls from trade fairs
feudalRank high nobility
governedTerritory Provins
Champagne-Ardenne
surface form: Reims region

Troyes
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
heldTitle Count of Champagne
King of Navarre
historicalRegion northeastern France
historicalSignificance major princely house in medieval France
knownFor control of Champagne fairs
patronage of chivalric culture
languageOfUse Old French
legalSystem feudal law of Champagne
maritalAlliance Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Navarre
nobleFamilyType comital dynasty
notableMember Blanche of Navarre
Henry I, Count of Champagne
surface form: Henry I of Champagne

Henry II, Count of Champagne
surface form: Henry II of Champagne

Marie de Champagne
surface form: Marie of Champagne

Theobald I of Navarre
Theobald II of Navarre
partOf French nobility
politicalRole buffer principality between Île-de-France and eastern principalities
politicalStatus vassal of the King of France
primaryTitleHolderResidence Troyes
providedMonarchsTo Kingdom of Navarre
region Champagne
religion Roman Catholicism
ruled County of Champagne
succeededBy House of Navarre
surface form: Capetian House of Évreux in Navarre
timePeriod High Middle Ages

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Navarre notableDynasty House of Champagne
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster nobleTitle House of Champagne
this entity surface form: Count of Champagne
historical province of Champagne rulerTitle House of Champagne
this entity surface form: Count of Champagne
King of Navarre hasDynasty House of Champagne
Villehardouin dynasty relatedDynasty House of Champagne