Thibault De Champagne

Theobald I (French: Thibaut, Spanish: Teobaldo, often referred to as Thibaut de Navarre and Thibaut de Champagne) (30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvère, and was the first Frenchman to rule Navarre.