King of England Stephen de Blois 
Stephen was born in 1096 in Blois,France.1 Stephen's father was Stephen of , Count of Blois Blois and his mother was Adela (Alice) Princess (Alice) England [Countess Of Blois. His paternal grandparents were Thibaut de Blois and Alix De Crespy De VALOIS; his maternal grandparents were William "The Conqueror" of England and Matilda (Maud) Countess (Queen Maud) Flanders [Queen Of Englan. He had eleven brothers and five sisters, named Guillaume De Champagne De, Guillaume , de Champagne, Thibaud IV (II) (Theobald) , Count Blois, Theobald III Le Grand Count de, Philippe , Bishop of Chalons de, Thibaud IV Le Grand De, Humbert , de Champagne, Etienne, Etienne De Blois Of, Henri (Eudes) , Bishop of Winchester, Guillaume, Maud de, Lithuise Adaela , de Champagne de, Alix , de Champagne, Elbeonore , de Champagne and Emma de. He died at the age of 57 on October 25th, 1153 in Dover Castle,Kent,England. He was buried in Faversham Abbey,Kent,England.2 3 General Notes
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Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8XJ1-15[Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995]Stephen, future king of England, was born about the year 1096. His mother was Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror, and heir to all his strength of will and temper. His father was Stephen Count of Blois and Chartres, a boastful character who had made himself the laughing stock of Europe by running away from the siege of Antioch after having been made commander-in-chief there.Adela's two favored sons, Stephen and Henry, were both to find their fortunes in England. Henry, a Cluniac monk, quickly accumulated Glastonbury, the richest abbey, and Winchester, the second richest diocese in England, and set out on his career of financial wizardry and ecclesiastical statesmanship. A man of rare power, vision and tact, he was infinitely more attuned to great responsibilities than his brother.Stephen had a ready charm, and his gay and seemingly open nature made him a great success at court. His uncle Henry I loaded favours on him: he was given estates in England of some half a million acres, and made a favourable marriage to the rich heiress of the Count of Boulogne. Matilda was to be both a loyal and an able wife.In 1136 Henry died, and though he had made all his barons swear fealty to his daughter Matilda before his death, Stephen now moved speedily to get himself accepted as King in England. His brother swayed the Church to his side, the Londoners were bought with a substantial grant of privileges, and the Norman barons were persuaded that a woman ruler of well-known arrogance and intractability, married to the leader of the Normans' traditional enemies, the Angevins, would be no good prospect for England.Stephen's dash and promises carried him through for a while, but quickly enough people discovered his faults: he was tricky, changeable, often stupidly weak; he simply could not be relied upon, nor could he trust others. In 1139 Matilda landed, and her bastard brother Robert of Gloucester opened the West to her. During the next eight years she was to win defectors from Stephen's bad government.In 1141, at Lincoln, Stephen's barons deserted him in battle, and he fell prisoner to Matilda. But she proved as unhappy a mistress as Stephen had been master, and many people were glad when Robert of Gloucester was captured by Stephen's Queen at the rout of Winchester, and Matilda was forced to release Stephen to get him back.Many barons favoured this dual situation in which they could bargain for their services, and live as war-lords. Castles sprung up all over the land, and in many parts a dreadful anarchy reigned, so that many people openly declared that Christ and his Saints were asleep, and the Devil ruled.Matilda's son Henry had twice invaded and been repulsed in 1147 and 1149, but when he came again in 1153 he was backed by a tremendous accumulation of continental power. The death of Stephen's son Eustace prompted him to negotiate with the young Duke, and he was encouraged in this by the urgings of the Church and of the Norman barons who wished to regain their continental estates now under Henry's control. So Matilda's son was made heir, and for a further year Stephen ruled, in peace at last, until his death in October 1154. He was buried in his abbey of Faversham.
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King of England from 1135-1154
b 1094? d 1154
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0915 in Blois,France d.16 JAN 975/978
- b.~ 0950 d.12 MAR 995/996
- b.~ 0915 in Vermandois,Normandy,France d.Aft 9 FEB 978 in Blois,France - wife of Theobald
- b.0990 d.15 Nov 1037
- b.~ 0925 in Arles,Bouches-Du-Rhone,France d.19 OCT 993 in Regensburg,Oberpfalz,Bayern,Germany
- b.~ 0967 in Of,,Bourgogne d.>16 Jan 1016
- b.~ 0943 in ,Laon,Champagne d.27 JAN 980/981 in Arles,Burgundy,France - wife of Conrad
- b.1023 d.29 Sep 1089 in Epernay--In Battle By Godfrey Martel,Count of Anjou
- b.~ 0991 d.10 Mar 1040
- b.0950 in St. Maime,near Forcalquier,France d.0993 in Avignon,,,France
- b.0976 d.1042
- b.1046 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France d.19 May 1102 in Killed in Battle--Ascalon (Tel Ashqelon),Israel
- b.~ 0919 in Of Vexin,Normandy,France d.0992
- b.~ 0944 in Vexin,France d.WFT Est. 988-1036
- b.~ 0924 in Of,Vexin,Normandy,France d.WFT Est. 948-1018
- b.~ 0985 in Of Vexin,France d.1064
- b.~ 0919 in Of France d.WFT Est. 948-1010
- b.~ 0944 in Isle De France d.WFT Est. 973-1039
- b.~ 0924 in Of France d.WFT Est. 948-1018
- b.~ 1030
- b.~ 0840 in Ponthieu,Aisne,France d.~ 0878
- b.0960 in Bretuil,EURE,France d.1060
- b.~ 0946
- b.0992 in Breteuil,Eure,Normandy,France d.WFT Est. 1013-1082
- b.0960
- b.1096 in Blois,France d.25 Oct 1153 in Dover Castle,Kent,England
- b.28 AUG 933 in Faecamp Normandy d.20 NOV 996 in Faecamp Normandy
- b.0962 in Normandy,France d.28 Aug 1027 in Fecamp,S-Infr,France
- b.~ 0946 in ,,Normandy,France d.1031 in ,,,France
- b.~ 1003 in ,Normandie d.22 Jul 1035 in ,Nicea,Bithynia,Turkey
- b.~ 0950 in Bretagne France d.29 JUN 992 in killed in action at Conquereuil
- b.Abt 974/982 in ,,Brittany,France d.17 Jun 1017 in ,,Normandy,France
- b.~ 0952 in Of,,Anjou,France d.27 JUN 992 in Anjou,Normandy,Fr
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise,Calvados,Calvados,France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermentruvilleby,Rouen,Seine-Maritime,France
- b.~ 0970 in ,Uppsala,Uppsala,Sweden d. in Y
- b.~ 0978 in of,FALAISE,Calvados,France
- b.~ 0971 in Of,,Halland,Sweden d. in Y
- b.~ 1003 in of,Falaise,Clavados,France d.1050
- b.~ 0958 in Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Assassinated in Glamis,Forfarshire,Scotland
- b.~ 0980 in of,FALAISE,FALAISE,France d. in Falaise,Calvados,France
- b.~ 0962
- b.~ 1062 in Normandy,France d.8 MAR 1137/1138 in 8 Mar 1134-35 Marsilly,Charente Maritime,France
- b.~ 0941 in ,,Flanders,France d.30 MAR 987
- b.Abt 967/968 in Flanders,Belgium d.30 MAY 1036/1039 in Flanders France
- b.~ 0952 in Of Luxembourg,,Luxembourg,West Europe d.26 Jan 1003 in ,Gent,Luxembourg,Belgium
- b.~ 1012 in Flanders d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille,Duchy of Lower
- b.~ 0945 in Of,,Moselgau,France d.06 Oct 1019
- b.~ 0986 in Of Flanders,France d.21 Feb 1030 in Flanders,France
- b.0948 in Of,Gleiberg,,Germany
- b.~ 1031 in Of,,Flanders,France d.02 Nov 1083 in ,Caen,Calvados,France
- b.~ 0939 in Of,Paris,Isle De France d.24 OCT 996 in Of,Paris,Isle De France
- b.27 MAR 972 in ,Orlbeans,,France d.20 Jul 1031 in ,Melun,,France
- b.~ 0952 in of,,,Germany d.1004
- b.1009 in ,,,France d.08 Jan 1079 in Messinesmonastre,Messines,,France
- b.~ 0947 in Toulouse,,France d.Oct 1037 in Avignon,France
- b.~ 0986 in Of,,Toulouse d.25 Jul 1032 in ,Melun,France
- b.~ 0948 in Anjou,France d.1026
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Stephen and and Queen of Boulogne were married in a religious ceremony before 1125. They had seven sons and six daughters, named Eustace IV DE, Eustace IV , Count of Boulogne de, Baldwin , Prince of England, Baldwin De Blois, Baldwin , Prince of England de, Guillaume (William) , Count Mortain Boul, Guillaume (William) Count, Sibylla, Eustachie de, Maud , Princess of England, Matilda Princess Of, Marie , Countess of Mortain And Boulogne and Marie Countess Of Mortain.
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Children
Eustace IV , Count of Boulogne de Blois
Eustace IV , Count of Boulogne de was born about 1130 in Blois,Isle de France,France. He died on August 11th, 1153 in Bury Abbey,Bury-St. Edmunds,Suffolk,England. He was buried in Faversham Abbey,Kent,England.
Maud , Princess of England de Blois
Maud , Princess of England was born in 1131 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. She died in Aldgate,London,Middlesex,England.
Baldwin , Prince of England de Blois
Baldwin , Prince of England was born about 1133 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. He died on December 2nd, 1135 in Aldgate,London,Middlesex,England.
Baldwin De Blois England [Prince Of Eng
Baldwin De Blois was born about 1133 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. He died on December 2nd, 1135 in Aldgate,London,Middlesex,England. He was buried in Prioryin Trinity,Aldgate,London,England.
Baldwin , Prince of England de Blois
Baldwin , Prince of England de was born about 1133 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. He died on December 2nd, 1135 in Aldgate,London,Middlesex,England.
Matilda Princess Of England
Matilda Princess Of was born in 1134. She died about 1137 in Tower Of London,London,England. She was buried in Priory Of The Holy Trinity,Aldgate,Lon.
Marie , Countess of Mortain And Boulogne de Blois
Marie , Countess of Mortain And Boulogne was born about 1137 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. She died in 1182 in St. Austrebert,Eure-Et-Loir,France. She was buried in St. Auterbert,Montreuil,France.
Marie Countess Of Mortain Boulogne [Abbess Of Romse
Marie Countess Of Mortain was born about 1137 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. She died in 1182 in St Austrebert,Eure-Et-Loir,France. She was buried in ,St Austrebert,Eure-Et-Loir,France.
Guillaume (William) , Count Mortain Boul de Blois
Guillaume (William) , Count Mortain Boul was born about 1139 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. He died in Toulouse,Haute-Garonne,France.
Guillaume (William) Count Boulogne [Prince Of Engla
Guillaume (William) Count was born about 1139 in Blois,Loir-Et-Cher,France. He died in Toulouse,Haute-Garonne,France. He was buried in ,Montmorillon,Vienne,France.
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