Louis I, Count of Blois
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Count of Blois jure uxoris Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis |
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Seal of Louis I
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| Spouse(s) | Catherine, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis |
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| Noble family | House of Blois |
| Father | Theobald V, Count of Blois |
| Mother | Alix of France |
| Born | 1172 |
| Died | 14 April 1205 (aged 32–33) |
Louis I of Blois (1172 – 14 April 1205) was Count of Blois from 1191 to 1205. He was the son of Theobald V and Alix of France. His maternal grandparents were Louis VII of France and his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Louis promulgated a charter in 1196 abolishing serfdom in his domains.
At the Tournament at Écry-sur-Aisne on 28 November 1199, count Louis and his cousin Theobald III of Champagne were the first major nobles to respond to Pope Innocent III's call for a Fourth Crusade. He left France in 1202. During the July 1203 siege of Constantinople, Louis was one of eight division commanders, the others including Boniface of Montferrat (the crusade leader), Doge Enrico Dandolo (leader of the Venetians), Baldwin of Flanders (who controlled the largest division and later became Latin Emperor of Constantinople), and Baldwin's brother Henry.
Louis was later afflicted with a severe fever for months, and missed participating in the capture of Constantinople in 1204. He was too ill to take part in the subsequent forays of his men into Asia Minor, where he had been created Duke of Nicaea, a title he never vindicated as the city was captured by Theodore I Laskaris, founder of the Empire of Nicaea.
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