History
Blois was associated with Champagne, Châtillon (the lords of which tended to reside in Blois), the Dukes of Brittany and, later, with the French royal family. Theobald I served as Regent to Drogo, Duke of Brittany. Bertha of Blois, the daughter of Odo II of Blois, became Duchess Consort of Brittany through her marriage to Alan II, Duke of Brittany. Stephen Henry's son Stephen of Blois became King of England.Charles of Blois, the son of Guy I married Joan of Penthievre the heiress of John III, Duke of Brittany; together, they became principal protagonists in the Breton War of Succession. Upon the death of his only son, Guy II sold the county to Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans and the county passed to the French royal family. Blois was later important during the Hundred Years' War; Joan of Arc based herself there.
The extent of the county varied over time. The northern portion, bordering on Normandy, was sometimes alienated as the County of Chartres, but the Counts of Blois who possessed it did not use a separate title for it. These lands were finally sold to the crown by Joanne of Châtillon in 1291. In 1439, the area around Châteaudun was separated as the County of Dunois for Jean Dunois.
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