Counts of Blois Counts of Blois The County of Blois was originally centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. One of the chief cities, along with Blois itself, was Chartres. Blois was associated with Champagne Province, the House of Châtillon (who tended to reside in Blois), the Dukes of Brittany and, later, with the French royal family. Theobald I, Count of Blois 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
Tinian monarch assessed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. It has been delisted as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, see the Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan. The current population of Tinian monarchs is estimated to be over 38,000 individuals. Tinian monarch The Tinian monarch ("Monarcha takatsukasae") is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Northern Mariana Islands. Some authorities consider the Tinian monarch to belong to the genus "Metabolus". Alternate names include Tinian flycatcher and Tinian Island monarch. The Tinian monarch was formerly endemic to Tinian until introduced to Guguan, Northern Mariana Islands in