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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thibaut de Champagne |
 | | Thibaut IV, count of Champagne and King of Navarre, a French poet, b. |
 | | He was the posthumous son of Thibaut III, Count of Champagne and Blois, and Blanche, sister of Sancho VII, King of Navarre. |
 | | He was the leader of the crusade organized in 1239 by Gregory IX, and landed at Acre on the first of September, fought several unsuccessful battles, and after his troops were decisively defeated at Gaza, he left Syria on 1 September, 1240. |
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