Stephen III Count of Blois 
Stephen III Count of was born in 1045. Stephen III Count of's father was Theobald III Count of Champagne & Blois and his mother was Garsinde von Maine. His paternal grandparents were Odo II (Eudes) Count of Blois and Champagne and Ermengarde d'Auvergne; his maternal grandparents were Hugo IV von Maine Count de Maine and Bertha de Chartres. He was an only child. He died at the age of 57 on May 19th, 1102 in Battle of Ascalon, Holy Lands.General Notes
Count of Blois, Champaigne, Chartres, Count of Meaux and Tourain. A crusader under Godfrey de Bouillon, who fell, gallantly fighting against the Infidels at Rames. He was one of the seven leaders of the First Crusade.
Sources: Burke's Royal Families, Eng., Scot. and Wales, Part 1, pp. xvi, xvii,
xxiv, xxv.
Betham's Geneological Tables of Sovereigns of the World, Tables DCIII
and DCLXIX, LXIX, XVI, XXIV, XXV, etc.
Koch's Tables of Genealogies of Sovereigns of Europe, Pub. in
Strassburg 1782, Tables LXI, LXVI.
Allstrom's Geneological Dict. of Royal Houses of Europe, Vol. 1,
pp. 135, 279-280, 273-4-5, Vol. 2, pp. 376-7.
Collins, Peerage of England, Vol. 6, p. 550.
They had five sons and two daughters, named William de Champagne Count of, Humbert of Blois Count of, Henry Bishop of, Theobald III 4th Count of, Stephen King of, Matilda of and Emma of.
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Children
William de Champagne Count of Chartes
William de Champagne Count of was born in 1076 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. He died at the age of 74 in 1150.
Theobald III 4th Count of Blois
Theobald III 4th Count of was born in 1092 in Blois, France. He died at the age of 60 on October 8th, 1152.
Stephen King of England
Stephen King of was born in 1095 in Blois, France. He died at the age of 59 on October 25th, 1154 in Dover Castle, Kent.
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