Theobald I, Count of Bar

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Theobald I, Count of Bar
Spouse(s) Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine
Adelheid of Loon
Ermesinde of Namur
Noble family House of Luxembourg-Namur
Father Reginald II of Bar
Mother Agnès of Champagne
Born c. 1158
Died 13 February 1214(1214-02-13)

Jean (Thibaut) Theobald I of Bar (c. 1158 – 13 February 1214) was count of Bar from 1190 until his death, and a count of Luxemburg from 1197 until his death. He was the son of Reginald II of Bar and his wife Agnès de Champagne. He accompanied his elder brother Henry I on the Third Crusade, and succeed as count when Henry was killed in the Siege of Acre.

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Theobald I was married three times; to Ermesinde (Isabella) of Bar-sur-Seine, Adelheid of Loon and to Ermesinde (Ermesinda) of Namur and was succeeded as count by his eldest son Henry II, by his first marriage. His eldest daughter Agnes, from his second marriage, married Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine. His lands in Luxembourg reverted to Waleran III of Limburg, who married Theobald's widow Ermesinde I of Luxemburg.

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