Theobald
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Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements theo- "people" and bald "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans.
The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Tybalt (Shakespeare), in French Thibaut, Thibault, Thibeault, Thiébaut (etc.), in Italian as Tebaldo and in Irish as Tiobóid.
People called Theobald include:
- Saint Theobald of Dorat (990-1070), French saint
- Saint Theobald of Marly ( ?- 1247), French saint and Cistercian abbot
- Saint Theobald of Provins (1033–1066), French hermit and saint
- Theobald of Langres (12th century), number theorist
- Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1191-1220), the Duke of Lorraine (1213-1220)
- Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (1263–1312), the Duke of Lorraine (1303-1312)
- Theobald I, Count of Blois (913–975), the first Count of Blois, Chartres, and Châteaudun, as well as Count of Tours
- Theobald II of Blois (c. 985–1004), eldest son and heir of Odo I, Count of Blois, and Bertha of Burgundy
- Theobald III, Count of Blois (1012–1089), also known as Theobald I of Champagne, count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes
- Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1090–1152), also known as Theobald IV of Blois (1090-1152), Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV (1102-1152) and Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II 1125-1152)
- Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179-1201), Count of Champagne (1197-1201)
- Theobald IV of Champagne (1201-1253), also known as Theobald I of Navarre, Count of Champagne (1201-1253) and King of Navarre (1234-1253)
- Theobald V of Champagne (c. 1239-1270), also known as Theobald II of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie (as Theobald V) and King of Navarre (1253-1270)
- Theobald of Bec (c. 1090-1161), Archbishop of Canterbury (1138–1161)
- Theobald, Bishop of Liège ( ? - 1312), ruler of Liège (1302-1312)
- Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856-1921), German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire (1909-1917)
- Theobald Mathew (officer of arms) (1942-1998), English officer of arms
- Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer) (1790–1856), Irish temperance reformer
- Theobald Stein (1829–1901), Danish sculptor
- Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798), Irish revolutionary figure and leader of the 1798 United Irishmen's rising
Surname
- David Theobald (b. 1978), English football (soccer) player
- Densill Theobald (b. 1982), Trinidadian football (soccer) player
- Frederick Vincent Theobald (1868–1930), British entomologist
- Karl Theobald (b. 1969), English stand-up comedian and actor
- Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), British textual editor and author, an 18th-century editor of Shakespeare
- Nichola Theobald (b. ? ), English film, television and voice-over actress, television presenter, and fashion model
- Robert Theobald (1929–1999), American economist and futurist
- Robert Alfred Theobald (1884-1957), American admiral
- William Theobald (1829–1908), British malacologist and naturalist
See also
- Theudebald (disambiguation): early medieval forms
- Thibaut, Thibault, Thibeault, Thiébaut: French forms
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