{"slug": "county-of-champagne", "label": "County of Champagne", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Champagne", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546266", "qid": "Q546266", "description": "countship", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1037, 1285], "span_label": ["1037 CE", "1285 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-innocent-iii", "label": "Pope Innocent III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "France in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eleanor-of-aquitaine", "label": "Eleanor of Aquitaine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-vii-of-france", "label": "Louis VII of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-lorraine", "label": "Duchy of Lorraine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-france", "label": "Philip II of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy", "label": "Kingdom of Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "low-countries", "label": "Low Countries", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france-during-the-middle-ages", "label": "France during the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1037, "year_label": "1037 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Battle of Bar-le-Duc: Odo II, Count of Blois and Champagne, while invading the Duchy of Lorraine dies in battle with forces loyal to Gothelo I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215302#Europe", "title": "1037", "revid": 1342215302, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1127, "year_label": "1127 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December", "text": "December – Henry I (\"the Liberal\"), count of Champagne (d. 1181)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348045996#Births", "title": "1127", "revid": 1348045996, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1142, "year_label": "1142 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Louis VII the Younger of France becomes involved in a civil war with Theobald II (\"the Great\"), count of Champagne, by permitting his cousin Ralph I of Vermandois (seneschal of France) to repudiate his wife, Theobald's sister Eleanor of Champagne, and to marry Petronilla of Aquitaine, who was the sister of King Louis VII’s wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362174122#Europe", "title": "1142", "revid": 1362174122, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1179, "year_label": "1179 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – Theobald III, count of Champagne (d. 1201)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299926#Births", "title": "1179", "revid": 1363299926, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1199, "year_label": "1199 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Pope Innocent III calls for a fourth Crusade at Rome. Due to the preaching of Fulk of Neuilly, an army is organized at a tournament held at Ecry-sur-Aisne by Theobald III, count of Champagne, on November 28.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187159#Religion", "title": "1199", "revid": 1369187159, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1209, "year_label": "1209 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "King Philip II of France (\"Augustus\") grants a \"conduit\" to merchants, going to the Champagne fairs (a trade fair organized in different towns of the County of Champagne), guaranteeing the safety of their travel – as any attempt made against them – is now to be considered a crime of lèse-majesté (an offense against the king). The decision increases again the appeal of the fairs to merchants from Italy and the Low Countries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362169644#Markets", "title": "1209", "revid": 1362169644, "section": "Events › By topic › Markets"}}, {"year": 1229, "year_label": "1229 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Blanche of Navarre, countess and regent of Champagne", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488290#Deaths", "title": "1229", "revid": 1367488290, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1285, "year_label": "1285 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The County of Champagne is integrated into the kingdom of France; the region loses its haven characteristics for foreign merchants, and the Fairs of Troyes quickly dwindle into economic insignificance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359686470#Markets", "title": "1285", "revid": 1359686470, "section": "Events › By topic › Markets"}}]}