Stephen III De Blois Count of Blois 
Stephen III was born in 1046 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France.1 Stephen III's father was Theobald III Count of Champagne and Blois and his mother was Gundrada. His paternal grandfather was Eudes II Blois Count; his maternal grandfather was Count of Maine Herbert. He had a half-brother named Etienne Henri II "le Sage" Count of. He died at the age of 56 on May 27th, 1102 in Slain, Battle of Ramleh, Holy Land.1 General Notes
Stephen went on the First Crusade and was one of the leaders at the battle of Antioch. He traveled with his brother in Law, Robert of Normandie and his first cousin Robert of Flanders. At one point Stephen was elected comander in chief but he deserted his comand. They all three comanded armies. Each came with an entorage of relatives and dependants and hired soldiers to do the fighting. They were stationed on the North Wall of the Holy City when it fell to the Christian armies. Stephen returned home to Europ after the conquest but returned east after a repremand from the pope. He returned to Jerusalum in 1100 along with his family. Stephen was killed 17 May 1102 durring an invasion of Egupt
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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.~ 0883 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.~ 0940 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France
- b.~ 0915 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.16 Jan 0977/0978
- b.~ 0895 in Vermandois, France d.WFT Est. 933-990 in France
- b.WFT Est. 942-943 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.WFT Est. 1010-1037 in Marmeutier
- b.0884 in Vermandois, France d.0943 in St. Quentin
- b.~ 0915 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.9 Feb 0978/0979
- b.~ 0895 in Vermandois, France d.WFT Est. 933-990 in France
- b.~ 0990 in Of, Blois, L-Chr, France d.15 Nov 1037
- b.WFT Est. 889-918 in Burgundy, France d.11 Aug 0937
- b.1032 d.19 Oct 0993 in Regensburg
- b.WFT Est. 898-921 d.WFT Est. 943-1009
- b.0964 in Bourgogne, France d.> 1017 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France
- b.~ 0920 in Laon,Aisne,France d.~ 0954 in St. Remy abbey,Reims,France
- b.0943 d.26 Jan 0991/0992
- b.0910 in Nordhausen,Saxony,Prussia d.05 May 0984 in Reims,Marne,France
- b.~ 1010 in Blois, France d.1089 in Tours, Touraine, Centre, France
- b.1046 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France d.27 May 1102 in Slain, Battle of Ramleh, Holy Land
- b.~ 0955 d.~ 1016
- b.~ 1023 in Amiens, Somme, France d.10 May 1100
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‌Stephen III and Princess of England were married in a religious ceremony in Normandy, Normandy, France.1 They had two sons and a daughter, named Of Blois Count Blois-Champagne, King of England and Emma.
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Children
Of Blois Count Blois-Champagne Theobald IV
Of Blois Count Blois-Champagne was born in 1090 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France.1 He died in Ligny.1
King of England Stephen
King of England was born in 1095 in Blois, France.1 He died at the age of 59 on October 25th, 1154 in Dover Castle, Kent, England. He was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent, England.1 1
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