• General Notes

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  TEXT abt 1096
  _FA1 PLAC Reigned 1135-1154. Buried at Faversham Abbey.
  _FA2 PLAC South & midlands counties wracked by civil war & famine throughout his reign.
  _FA3 PLAC When Henry I died, Stephen landed on England bef. Maud & made bid for the crown.
  _FA4 PLAC To curry Church's favor, had to relax the severe crown control of the nobility.
  _FA5 PLAC A general rebellion broke out (1141), taken prisoner in Battle of Lincoln.
  _FA6 PLAC His brother Henry, Bishop of Winchester, switched support to Maud (1141).
  _FA7 PLAC Henry I was Stephen's guardian aft the death of his father.REF: British Monarchy Of ficial Website: Henry I was succeeded by his nephew Stephen of Blois (reigned 1135-54), his o nly legitimate son having drowned in the wreck of the White Ship which sank in the English Ch annel in 1120. Although widely preferred in England and Normandy as Henry's successor, Stephe n lacked ruthlessness and failed to inspire loyalty. Henry's daughter, Matilda, invaded Engla nd in 1139 to claim the throne and the country was plunged into civil war. Neither side was s trong enough to win and the war ended only in 1153 when Matilda's son, Henry, Count of Anjou , was recognised as heir to the throne.

Details of Stephen's family with Matilda de Boulogne