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Theobald

masc. proper name, from Medieval Latin Theobaldus, from Old High German Theudobald, from theuda "folk, people" (see Teutonic) + bald "bold" (see bold). Form influenced in Medieval Latin by the many Greek-derived names beginning in Theo-.

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Theobald

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, in Spanish and Portuguese as Teobaldo and in Irish as Tiobóid and in Hungarian Tibold.

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
Theobald (bishop of Liège)

Theobald of Bar (died 1312) was prince-bishop of Liège from 1302 to 1312.

Usage examples of "theobald".

Theobald and Lippert, warned by the firing, held on behind their sangars, and were ready for the storm which burst over them.

The monks who had suffered under the heavy hand of Theobald, when their dainty foods were curtailed and their cherished privileges sharply denied them, hailed joyfully the unexpected attitude of their new master.

No, your guest is one Gerbert, of the Augustinian canons of Canterbury, a big man in the household of Archbishop Theobald.

Calling all the prelates and mitred abbots to Winchester early in April, and firmly declaring the gathering a legatine council, no mere church assembly, had ensured his supremacy at the subsequent discussions, giving him precedence over Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury, who in purely English church matters was his superior.

Theobald, he knew, was quite capable now of being interested in the get of a flop-eared buck.

And oh my goodness, who should be with Mam'zelle, studying a big French chart, but the Head, Miss Theobald herself!

The girls yelled at the thought of Claudine jumping oat of Miss Theobald's window, in order to avoid both Mirabel and Miss Theobald.