Thibaut I, Duke of Lorraine

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2. THIBAUT de Lorraine (-17 Feb or 24 Mar 1220). The Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi names "Iacobum Metensum episcopum, Theobaldum et Matheum duces et Regnaldum comitem de Castres" as sons of "Fridericum ducem Lotharingie"[200]. The Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi names "Iacobum epsicopum Metensem et Theobaldum et Matheum duces Lotharingie" as sons of "Friderici ducis Lotharingie" & his wife[201]. He succeeded his father in 1213 as THIBAUT I Duke of Lorraine. He allied himself with Emperor Otto IV for whom he fought at the battle of Bouvines 27 Jul 1214, but rallied to Friedrich von Hohenstaufen (the future Emperor Friedrich II) when the emperor lost the battle[202]. Graf von Dagsburg [Dabo] und Metz late 1215, following his marriage. “Theobaldus dux Lotharingorum, comes Mettensis et de Dasbourg” restored property to Saint-Dié by charter dated 30 Oct 1216[203]. He allied himself with Erard de Brienne, who claimed the county of Champagne by right of his wife Philippine de Champagne, but was defeated by the army of Blanche Ctss de Champagne and excommunicated in Apr 1217. Supporting the Ctss de Champagne, Friedrich von Hohenstaufen King of Germany invaded Lorraine in Apr 1218, captured Nancy, forced the capitulation of Duke Thibaut at the fortress of Amance and took him to Germany as a prisoner[204]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1220 of "Theobaldus iuvenis dux Lotharingie" without children[205]. The Chronica Senoniensis record that it was rumoured that Duke Thibaut was poisoned on the orders of Friedrich II King of Germany[206].

m (betrothed Sep 1206, end 1215) as her first husband, GERTRUD von Dagsburg, daughter of ALBERT [II] Graf von Dagsburg & his wife Gertrud von Baden ([May 1205/mid-1206]-before 19 Mar 1225). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Gertrudam filiam comitis Alberti Dasburgensis" as wife of "dux Theobaldus natus de filia comitis Barri"[207]. The Vitæ Odiliæ names "Gertrudem filiam defuncti comitis [de Moha Albertus]" as wife of "Theobaldus ducis Lotharingie filius"[208]. Richer records that "ducem Lotoringie Theobaldum" was married to "filiam comitis de Daxporc", that he inherited the county through her, that after her first husband died she married "comes…Campanie adhuc adolescens" who in his turn inherited the county, that she was repudiated for sterility by her second husband and married thirdly "comiti de Lignigne", and that after the couple's death soon afterwards there were no heirs to her county which (including "castra…Hernestem et Turquestem, et…opida…Albam et Saleborc") was annexed by "Metensis episcopus Iohannes" but that "frater…dicti comitis defuncti" captured "castrum Daxporc"[209]. Her marriage was arranged by her father to guarantee her inheritance[210]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the second marriage in 1220 of "Gertrudem comitissam de Daburc [relictam Theobaldi iuvenis dux Lotharingie]" and "iuvenis comes Theobaldus Campaniensis" and their separation two years later on grounds of consanguinity[211]. She married secondly (mid-May 1220, repudiated 1222) as his first wife, Thibaut IV "le Grand" Comte de Champagne, who succeeded in 1234 as Teobaldo I King of Navarre, and thirdly (before Sep 1224) Simon von Leiningen (-[1234/36]).

Theobald I (French: Thiébaud or Thiébaut) (c. 1191 – February 17, 1220) was the duke of Lorraine from 1213 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick II and Agnes of Bar.

Theobald joined Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, on 4 July 1214 at the Battle of Bouvines, where he was taken in prisoner in the rout. He was quickly liberated.

In 1216, in the Champagne War of Succession, he supported Erard I, Count of Brienne, in his quarrel with Theobald IV, Count of Champagne, who was supported by Philip II of France, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Henry II of Bar. Frederick, the suzerain of Lorraine, considered it a felony to support a candidate he opposed and occupied the city of Rosheim, which he had given to Frederick II of Lorraine. Theobald responded in 1218, retaking Rosheim and ravaging Alsace. Frederick did not hesitate to counterattack and invaded Lorraine and took and burned Nancy, its capital. He then besieged and took the castle of Amance, where Theobald was taking refuge. He was imprisoned and constrained to recognise the suzerainty of the count of Champagne, the legitimacy of Erard of Brienne's claim to Champagne, and relinquish several lordships to attain liberty again. He never recovered his lost land and prestige and died in 1220.

He had married, in 1206, Gertrude, only child and heir of Albert II, count of Dagsburg and Metz. They had no children. His successor was Matthias his brother; his widow remarried his old rival, Theobald of Champagne.