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Abt 1090 - 1145 (55 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
4. | Count of Blois Stephen Henry II (Etienne Henri) "The Sage" was born about 1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France (son of Count of Blois and Champagne III Theobald and of Maine Garsende); died on 19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land. Notes:
BIOGRAPHY: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal1517
Count of Blois, Champagne, 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.
Stephen married Adela (Adelle) about 1081 in Chartres Cathedral, France. Adela (daughter of William I "The Conqueror", King of England and of Flanders Matilda) was born in 1062 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Adela (Adelle) was born in 1062 in Normandy, France (daughter of William I "The Conqueror", King of England and of Flanders Matilda); died on 8 Mar 1137 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France. Notes:
Became a Nun at Cluniac Priory in widowhood.
Children:
- Count of Virtus Humbert de Blois was born about 1094.
- Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois was born on 2 Apr 1093 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 8 Jan 1151/52; was buried on 10 Jan 1152.
- Bishop of Winchester Henry de Blois was born about 1099; died on 6 Aug 1171.
- Matilda (Maud) de Blois was born in 1086; died on 25 Nov 1120 in Drowned in wreck of the White Ship near Barfleur, Manche, France.
- Lithiuse (Adele) de Blois was born about 1094.
- Agnes de Blois was born in 1088; died in 1129.
- Eléonore de Blois was born in 1104; died in 1147.
- Alice de Blois was born in 1091 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France.
- King of England Stephen de Blois was born about 1096 in Blois, France; died on 25 Oct 1154 in Dover Castle, Kent, England; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent, England.
- 2. Count of Chartres William de Blois was born in 1086; died in 1150.
- Count of Champagne and Brie Eudes (Odo) de Blois was born about 1092.
- Bishop of Chalon Phillip de Blois died in 1100.
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Generation: 4
10. | William I "The Conqueror", King of England was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France (son of 6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy and Officer of the Household Hariette de Falaise); died on 9 Sep 1087 in Priory of St. Gervais, Rouen, France. Notes:
Reigned 1066-1087. Duke of Normandy 1035-1087. Invaded England defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the establishment of feudalism under which his followers were granted land in return for pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnel especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.
William married of Flanders Matilda in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin V "The Pious", Count of Flanders and Adèle Capet, Princess of France) was born on 24 Nov 1031 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | of Flanders Matilda was born on 24 Nov 1031 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (daughter of Baldwin V "The Pious", Count of Flanders and Adèle Capet, Princess of France); died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Children:
- 5. Adela (Adelle) was born in 1062 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France.
- Duke of Bernay Richard was born in 1057/58 in Normandy, France; died about 1081.
- Agatha was born about 1064; died in 1079.
- of Holy Trinity Abbess of Caen Cecilia was born in 1056; died on 30 Jul 1126.
- Duke of Normandy Robert II "Curthose" was born in 1054 in Normandy, France; died on 10 Feb 1133/34 in Cardiff Castle.
- Adeliza was born in 1055; died about 1065.
- King of England William II "Rufus" was born in 1060 in Normandy, France; died on 2 Aug 1100 in New Forest, Hampshire, England.
- Constance was born in 1061 in Normandy, France; died on 13 Aug 1090 in Brittany, France.
- King of England Henry I "Beauclerc" was born about Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Foret, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England.
- Matilda died before 1112.
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