Theobald II of Navarre the Young [64204] ¹²⁷

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_II_of_Navarre

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre, 1253. was Count of Champagne and Brie (as Theobald V) and King of Navarre from 1253 until his death.

Theobald married Isabella of France Queen of Navarre [64205] [MRIN: 551618884], daughter of Louis IX (St. Louis) of France Capet King of France [5590] and Marguerite of Provence Berenger [5591], on 6 Apr 1255. (Isabella of France Queen of Navarre [64205] was born on 2 Mar 1241, died on 17 Apr 1271 and was buried in Provins.)

  Marriage Notes:

Louis IX wanted to make peace with Navarre so he married Isabella off to Theobald. Some written parental directives of Louis IX for his daughter survive, an unusual feature since the preparation of royal ladies for marriage was usually entrusted to their mothers, not their fathers. The Archbishop of Rouen celebrated the marriage between Isabella and Theobald II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne, on 6 April 1255 in Melun. The bridegroom was 18 and the bride 13 years old. They are usually said to have remained childless, but a contemporary Spanish chronicle states that Isabella and Theobald produced and lost a child around 1258, and a rather later Spanish chronicler says that Isabella died in 1271, shortly after Theobald's death, "siendo prenada," presumably meaning that she died in childbirth.