Stephen, King of England
Born: ABT 1096, Blois,FranceAcceded: 26 DEC 1135, Westminster Abbey, London, EnglandDied: 25 OCT 1154, Dover Castle, KentInterred: Faversham Abbey, KentNotes:
Reigned 1135-1154. He siezed the throne from Matilda who invaded England in1139. The civil war that followed proved him a brave soldier but revealed hislack of political sense. In 1152, after much of the country had been ravagedin 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 ofBoulogne.
Father: , Stephen II Henry of Blois, Count of Blois, b. ABT 1045
Mother: , Adela, Countess of Blois, b. ABT 1067
Married 1125, Westminster, London, England to , Matilda of Boulogne, Countess of Boulogne
Child 1: , Baldwin, b. ABT 1126Child 2: , Eustace of Boulogne, Count/Earl of Boulogne, b. 1130/31Child 3: , Matilda, b. ABT 1133Child 4: de Blois, William, of Boulogne _____, Earl of Surrey 4, b. ABT 1134Child 5: , Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne, b. ABT 1136
Associated with , Dameta of Normandy, Gentlewoman
Child 6: , Gervaise of Westminster, Abbot of Westminster, b. CIR 1117Child 7: , AlmaricChild 8: , RalphChild 9: , WilliamChild 10: , Sybilla