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| | Thibaut - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) |
 | | (1201-1253), count of Champagne and Brie, and king of Navarre, French poet, was born at Troyes in 1201. |
 | | of Champagne, died before his son's birth, and his mother, Blanche of Navarre, was compelled to resign the guardianship of the young prince to Philip Augustus, king of France, but there is little doubt that the child was acquainted with Chretien de Troyes and the other trouveres who found patronage at the court of Champagne. |
 | | They are addressed to Blanche of Castille, the wife of Louis VIII., and Thibaut's relations with her have been the subject of much controversy. |
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