Mary of Blois 
Mary was born in 1136.1 Mary's father was Stephen of England and her mother was Matilda of Boulogne. Her paternal grandparents were Stephen of Blois and Adela; her maternal grandparents were Eustace III of Boulogne and Mary Of Scotland. She had a half-sister named Mary. She died at the age of 46 in 1182 in St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France. She was buried in 1182 in St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France.1 1 General Notes
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Mary, m. Matthew of Alsace, son of Thierry, Count of Flanders, a nd Sybil, dau. of Fulk V, Count of Anjou.
She was dedicated to religion in her infancy and enetered as a n ovice at Lillechurch Priory, Kent. She transferred to Romsey Abb ey, Hampshire, where she was professed a nun between 1148 and 11 5. She was elected Abbess of Romsey after 1155. She succeeded he r brother William as Countess of Boulogne on 5th October, 1159 . She was abducted from her convent in 1160 by Matthew I, Coun t of Flanders and Boulogne, who made her his wife in defiance o f her religious vows around the same time. They had two daughter s, Ida and Matilda. The marriage was annulled around 1169 and Ma ry re-entered the religious life at the Benedictine nunnery of S t. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.12 MAR 995/96
- b.0990 d.15 Nov 1037
- b.~ 0964 d.> 1010
- d.1032
- d.10 MAR 1039/40
- b.~ 1045 d.19 Jul 1102
- d.1089
- b.~ 1096 in Blois, France d.25 Oct 1154 in Dover, Kent, England
- b.0962 d.28 Aug 1026
- b.0999 d.1031
- b.0982 in Bretagne d.16 Jun 1017
- b.1027 in Falais, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Rouen, France
- b.0978 in Falaise
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d.~ 1050
- b.0980 in of Falaise, France
- b.~ 1062 in Normandy d.8 MAR 1137/38 in Cluniac Priory Of Marcigny-Sur-Loire
- b.~ 0980 d.30 May 1035
- d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille
- b.~ 1032 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.27 MAR 972 d.20 Jul 1031
- b.~ 1009 d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Messines
- b.~ 0986 d.25 Jul 1032
- b.1136 d.1182 in St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France
- b.~ 0976 in France
- b.~ 1004 d.1049
- b.~ 1030 in Boulogne, Lorraine, France d.~ 1080
- b.~ 0950 d.12 Sep 1015
- b.~ 0976 d.1025
- d.24 Dec 1069
- b.~ 1040 in Bass, Lower Lorraine d.13 Aug 1113
- b.~ 1105 d.03 May 1151 in Hedingham Castle, Kent
- b.0978 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1001 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in skirmish at Bothgouanan, near Elgin, Iona/Moray
- b.0984 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1043
- b.1031 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.0975 d.1049
- b.BET. 1009 - 1014 d.1040
- b.1080 in Scotland d.31 May 1116 in Bermondsey, London, England
- b.0989 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in Oxford, England or London, Middlesex, England
- b.1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in London, England
- b.0995 in of Wessex, England
- b.1045 in Wessex, England or Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1011 in of Brunswick, Germany d.23 Apr 1038
- b.~ 1025 in Braunschweig, Germany d.13 Jul 1054
- b.~ 1010
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