Stephen UNKNOWN 
Stephen was born in 1097 in Blois, France. Stephen's father was Stephen Count and his mother was Adela Moriton. His paternal grandparents were Theobald De Blois and Garsende De Maine; his maternal grandparents were William UNKNOWN and Matilda De Flanders. He had five brothers and six sisters, named Humbert, Philip, Theobald, William, Henry, Emma, Maud (Mathilda), Lithuise Adele, Agnes, Eleanor and Alice. He was the second youngest of the twelve children. He died at the age of 57 on October 25th, 1154 in Dover Castle, Kent.General Notes
Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
Name Suffix:<NSFX> I, England And Count Of Boulogne
King of England, the son of Stephen, Count of Blois, by Adela, fourth daughter of William the Conqueror <kingw.html>, was born in circa 1096. On the death of Henry I. <kingh.html> he immediately came over from Normandy to England; and laid claim to the crown, although he had been one of the most zealous in taking the oath for securing the succession to Henry's daughter, the Empress Matilda <emperor.html>. By the aid of his brother who was bishop of Winchester, he possessed himself of the royal treasure, and was enabled to bribe some of the most restive of his opponents while he sought the support of the people at large by promising to restore the laws of Edward the Confessor <kingedw.html>. After a war with the Scots, who were finally defeated at the famous battle of the Standard, the Empress Matilda landed in England with her brother, the Earl of Gloucester; and being joined by several powerful barons, a civil war ensued, which for cruelty and devastation proved one of the most calamitous in the annals of the country. After various turns of fortune, Matilda retired to Normandy, and the contest was carried on by her son, Henry Plantagenet <kingh.html>, who in 1153 landed an army in England. Being joined by the barons of his mother's party, the competitors met at the head of their respective forces at Wallingford ; but an armistice took place instead of a battle ; by which it was agreed that Stephen should reign during his lifetime, and that Henry should succeed him. In the following year Stephen died, aged 49.
King Stephen was styled as, "Dei Gratia Rex Anglorum."
Crowned by William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Died from a blockage of the bowels.
Stephen was the founder of Faversham Abbey, where he was buried.
Coronation 22 Dec 1135 Westminster Abbey, London, England Deposition 1144 Normandy
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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.0913 in Blois, France d.16 Jan 975
- b.0952 in Mormonteir, France d.15 Mar 996 in Mormonteir
- b.0918 in Vermandois, France d.9 Feb 978
- b.0983 in Burgundy, France d.15 Nov 1037 in Lorraine, France
- b.0925 d.19 Oct 993
- b.0969 in Burgundy, France d.1016
- b.0943 in France d.0981
- b.1010 d.29 Sep 1089 in Epernay, In Battle By Godfrey Martel, CT Of Anjou
- b.0958 d.1016
- b.0976 in Auvergne, France d.1032
- b.0960
- b.0994 in Auvergne, France d.1042
- b.~ 0950 in Provence, France d.0994 in Avignon, France
- b.0976 in Toulouse, France d.1042
- b.~ 0948 in Anjou, France d.~ 0975 in Arles, Provence, France
- b.1046 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France d.19 May 1102 in Battle Of Ascalon, Israel (Crusade Of Geoffrey DE Bouilion
- b.0980
- b.~ 1010
- b.1097 in Blois, France d.25 Oct 1154 in Dover Castle, Kent
- b.28 Aug 933 in Fecamp, France d.20 Nov 996 in Seine-Inferieure, Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.0958 in Normandy, France d.23 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0936 in Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.0999 in Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0957 in France d.27 Jun 992
- b.0982 in Bretange, Rennes, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.0962 in France d. in St. Cybar, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Castle Of Angi, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France, Illeg. d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0970 in Falaise, Normandy d.Between 1003-1060
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.0954 in Scotland; (Last Male Of The Macalpin Dynasty) d.25 Nov 1034 in Murdered At Glamis Castle, Tayside, Scotland
- b.0980 in Falais, Normandy d.Between 1003-1060
- b.~ 0962 in Scotland d.~ 0983
- b.1062 in Normandy d.08 Mar 1138 in Marcigny-Sur-Loire, France
- b.0961 in Flanders, Belgium d.30 Mar 987 in Flanders, Belgium
- b.0980 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.30 May 1035 in Flanders, France
- b.0950 in Italy d.26 Jan 1002-1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.1013 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, France
- b.0975 in Moselgau, France d.06 Oct 1019
- b.0980 in Luxemburg d.21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0975 in Luxembourg
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0938 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 Oct 996 in Les Juif, Near Chatres, France
- b.27 Mar 972 in Orléans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Aquitaine, France
- b.0950 in Germany d.15 Jun 1006 in France
- b.1003 in Nevers, Nierre, France Contracted To Richard III Normandy, Not Married d.08 Jan 1079 in Messinemonastre, France
- b.0968 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France d.06 Apr 1028 in Avignon, France
- b.0973 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulan, France
- b.~ 0948 in Anjou, France d.~ 0975 in Arles, Provence, France
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Stephen and Mathilda were married in a religious ceremony in 1125 in Westminster, London. They had three sons and two daughters, named Baldwin, Eustace IV, William, Mathilda and Mary.
Family Notes
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Children
Eustace IV UNKNOWN
Eustace IV was born in 1129. He died at the age of 24 on August 10th, 1153 in St.Edmonds, Suffolk, Engalnd. He was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent, England.
Mary Countess Of Boulogne
Mary was born in 1136 in Blois, France. She died at the age of 46 in 1182 in St.Autrebert, Montreuil, France. She was buried in St.Autrebert, Montreuil, France.
They had a daughter named Sibylla.
Family Notes
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