Theobald III, Count of Blois

By 1044, Geoffrey Martel, the Count of Anjou, was besieging Tours and Theobald responded by attempting to relieve the city.

[3] They met in battle at Nouy and Theobald was captured and had to give up the county of Touraine in order to regain his freedom.

[4] Theobald found ways to become close to the royal court again and gained political influence and began calling himself, Count Palatine.

[1] Theobald's nephew, Odo, Count of Champagne joined the army of William the Conqueror and participated in the Norman conquest of England.

[1] Theobald's first wife Gersent of Le Mans,[2] daughter of Herbert I, Count of Maine, who bore him one child: His second wife Alix de Crepy (Adela) or Adele of Valois,[5] daughter of Ralph IV of Valois and Adélaide of Bar-sur-Aube, bore four children: