Family [F101]
Blois
Parents
Stephen II, Henry II of, Count of Blois Blois {M} [P221] = Adela, Countess of Blois, Normandy {F} [P250]
Married 1081, Chartres Cathedral, France
Stephen II, Henry II of, Count of Blois Blois:
Born 1045
Died Monday 19 May 1102, Ramula, Holy Land
Count of Blois, Champaigne, Chartres and Tourain, a crusader under Godfrey de Bouillon, who fell, gallantly fighting against the Infidels at Rames. (Battle of Ascalon actually). Count of Meaux.
Adela, Countess of Blois, Normandy:
Alias Adela, Countess of Blois, Blois (1081)
Born ABT 1067
Children
Theobald III, Count of Blois Blois {M} [P154]
Stephen, King of England Blois {M} [P410] = Matilda of , Countess of Boulogne Boulogne {F} [P417] > Family [F83]
Married 1125, Westminster, London
Stephen, King of England Blois:
Born 1096, Blois, France
Died Monday 25 October 1154, Dover Castle, Kent
Buried Faversham Abbey, Kent
Reigned 1135-1154. He siezed the throne from Matilda who invaded England in 1139. The civil war that followed proved him a brave soldier but revealed his lack of political sense. In 1152, after much of the country had been ravaged in factional fighting and the royal administration had broken down, Stephen recognized Matilda's son Henry as heir to the throne. Duke of Normandy 1135-1144, deposed. Duke of Blois, Count of Mortain, Count of Boulogne.
Matilda of , Countess of Boulogne Boulogne:
Dameta of , Gentlewoman Normandy:
Henry of Winchester, Bishop pf Winchester Blois {M} [P114]
Matilda Blois {F} [P22]
William, Count of Chartes de Champagne {M} [P219]
Humbert of , Count of Virtus Blois {M} [P220]
Odo Blois {M} [P411]
Lithuise (Adele) Blois {F} [P412]
Philip of Chalon, Bishop of Chalon Blois {M} [P413]
Agnes of Blois {F} [P414]
Eleanor of Blois {F} [P415]
Alice of Blois {F} [P416]
Codes in square brackets "[]" are unique person/family identifiers.
Superscripted numbers are references to source citations at the bottom of this page.
{M} = Male; {F} = Female.