UNKNOWN, Stephen 1

Birth Name UNKNOWN, Stephen
Gramps ID I582803626
Gender male
Age at Death 57 years, 9 months, 24 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1097 Blois, France  
 
Death 1154-10-25 Dover Castle, Kent  
 
Nobility Title     I, England And Count Of Boulogne
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Count, Stephen [I582803625]
Mother Moriton, Adela [I582805067]
    Sister     De Blois, Maud (Mathilda) [I582809157]
    Brother     UNKNOWN, Humbert [I582809159]
    Brother     Bishop Of Chalon, Philip [I582809282]
    Sister     De Blois, Lithuise Adele [I582809283]
    Sister     De Blois, Agnes [I582809284]
    Sister     De Blois, Eleanor [I582809285]
    Brother     Count, Theobald [I582804419]
    Sister     De Blois, Alice [I582809286]
    Brother     UNKNOWN, William [I582809287]
         UNKNOWN, Stephen [I582803626]
    Brother     Bishop Of Winchester, Henry [I582809288]
    Sister     De Blois, Emma [I582804420]

Families

    Family of UNKNOWN, Stephen and UNKNOWN, Mistress [F533081771]
Unknown Partner UNKNOWN, Mistress [I582803353]
  Narrative

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  Children
  1. Fitzstephen, Sibylla [I582803352]
    Family of UNKNOWN, Stephen and Countess Of Boulogne, Mathilda [F533082435]
Married Wife Countess Of Boulogne, Mathilda [I582803627]
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1125 Westminster, London  
 
  Narrative

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  Children
  1. UNKNOWN, Baldwin [I582809316]
  2. UNKNOWN, Eustace IV [I582804464]
  3. Princess Of England, Mathilda [I582809317]
  4. Count, William [I582809318]
  5. Countess Of Boulogne, Mary [I582803628]

Narrative

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

Pedigree

  1. Count, Stephen [I582803625]
    1. Moriton, Adela [I582805067]
      1. De Blois, Emma [I582804420]
      2. De Blois, Maud (Mathilda) [I582809157]
      3. UNKNOWN, Humbert [I582809159]
      4. Bishop Of Chalon, Philip [I582809282]
      5. De Blois, Lithuise Adele [I582809283]
      6. De Blois, Agnes [I582809284]
      7. De Blois, Eleanor [I582809285]
      8. Count, Theobald [I582804419]
      9. De Blois, Alice [I582809286]
      10. UNKNOWN, William [I582809287]
      11. UNKNOWN, Stephen
        1. UNKNOWN, Mistress [I582803353]
          1. Fitzstephen, Sibylla [I582803352]
        2. Countess Of Boulogne, Mathilda [I582803627]
          1. Countess Of Boulogne, Mary [I582803628]
          2. UNKNOWN, Baldwin [I582809316]
          3. UNKNOWN, Eustace IV [I582804464]
          4. Princess Of England, Mathilda [I582809317]
          5. Count, William [I582809318]
      12. Bishop Of Winchester, Henry [I582809288]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. pemble [S545686325]