 Abt 1096 - 1154 (~ 58 years)
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| Name |
Stephen I of Blois |
| Suffix |
King of England |
| Birth |
Abt 1096 |
Blois, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
Abt 26 Dec 1135 |
Westminster Abbey, London, England |
| Death |
25 Oct 1154 |
Dover Castle, Kent, England |
| Burial |
Faversham Abbey, Kent, England |
| Notes |
- Acceded: 26 DEC 1135, Westminster Abbey, London, England
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.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01397
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PLANTAGENET.htm#STEPHEN%20I%20of%20Blois%20(King%20of%20England)
Stephen, the son of Stephen, Count of Blois and «u»Adela <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORblois.htm>«/u», daughter of «u»William I <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDwilliam1.htm>«/u» (27th Great-Grandfather of Glenn Cook)was born in about 1097. His father went on the First Crusade and was killed at Ramlah in 1102. Adela ruled Blois and Chartes until 1107 when she handed over power to her son Theobald.
In 1125 Stephen married Matilda of Boulogne and two years later swore an oath recognizing his cousin, «u»Matilda <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDmatilda.htm>«/u», the daughter of «u»Henry I <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDhenry1.htm>«/u», as heir to the English throne. However, when Henry died in December 1135, Stephen broke his promise and quickly had himself crowned king of England.
At the time of her father's death, «u»Matilda <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDmatilda.htm>«/u» was with her husband, Geoffrey of Anjou in «u»Normandy <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDnormandy.htm>«/u». It was not until 1139 that Matilda landed in England with her army. Stephen was eventually captured at the battle of Lincoln (February, 1141). When Matilda went to be crowned the first queen of England, the people of «u»London <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITlondon.htm>«/u» rebelled and she was forced to flee from the area.
Stephen's army captured Matilda's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester. An exchange of prisoners was agreed, and Stephen obtained his freedom.
The civil war continued until the signing of the Treaty of Winchester in November, 1153. This treaty recognised Matilda's eldest son, «u»Henry <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDhenryII.htm>«/u», as the next king of England. In return, Matilda agreed that Stephen's son, William, would be allowed to keep his family lands in «u»Normandy <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDnormandy.htm>«/u».
Stephen, the last of the Norman kings, died in October 1154.
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| Person ID |
I7553 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
| Father |
Stephen II Henry of Blois, Count of Blois, b. Abt 1045 d. 19 May 1102, Ramula, Holy Land (Age ~ 57 years) |
| Mother |
Adela of Normandy, Countess of Blois, b. Abt 1067, Normandy, France d. 8 Mar 1137, Marcigny-sur-Loire, France (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1081 |
Chartres Cathedral, France |
| Family ID |
F2946 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Matilda of Boulogne, Countess of Boulogne, b. Abt May 1103, Boulogne Cathedral, France d. 3 May 1152, Hedingham Castle, Essex, England (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Marriage |
1125 |
Westminster, London, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Baldwin, b. Abt 1126 d. Bef 2 Dec 1135, London, Greater London, England (Age ~ 9 years) |
| | 2. Eustace of Boulogne, Count/Earl of Boulogne, b. 1130, Blois, France d. 16 Aug 1153, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England (Age 23 years) |
| | 3. Matilda, b. Abt 1133 d. Abt 1135, Tower of London, London, England (Age ~ 2 years) |
| | 4. William of Boulogne de Blois, 4th Earl of Surrey, b. Abt 1134 d. 11 Oct 1159, Toulouse, France (Age ~ 25 years) |
| | 5. Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne, b. Abt 1136 d. 1182, Saint Austrebert, Montreuil, France (Age ~ 46 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2974 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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