Stephen I, king of England

In French: Étienne.

Events

Date of Birth: 1096 or 1097.

Place of Birth: Blois.

The date and place are given by Cawley. Crouch (2002, p. 239) gives "in or around the year 1096."

Date of Death: 25 October 1154.

Place of Death: Dover.

The date and place are given by Crouch (2002, p. 278).

Place of Burial: Faversham Abbey, Kent.

The place is given by Crouch (2002, p. 278).

Relationships

Father: Stephen, count of Blois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:839), by LoPrete (p. 576), by Crouch (2002, p. 239), and by King (p. 271).

Mother: Adela of England.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:839), by LoPrete (p. 576), by Crouch (2002, p. 241), and by King (p. 271).

Spouse: Matilda, countess of Boulogne. Married in 1125.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:839), by LoPrete (p. 576), by Crouch (2000, p. 24), by King (p. 279), and by Tanner.

Partner: Damette.

This relationship is given by Crouch (2002, p. 242).

Children (by Matilda):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Baldwin (about 1126 - 1136 or 1137).

Eustace (died August 1153), count of Boulogne, married Constance of France.

William (died 11 October 1159), count of Boulogne, married Isabel de Warenne.

Matilda (about 1133 or 1134 - before 1141) married Waleran de Beaumont, count of Meulan.

Marie (about 1136 - 1182), countess of Boulogne, married Matthew of Flanders.

Children (by Damette):

Gervais (died 1160).

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “STEPHEN King of England” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Crouch, David. The Reign of King Stephen, 1135-1154 (Pearson, 2000).

Crouch, David. The Normans: The History of a Dynasty (London: Hambledon and London, 2002).

King, Edmund. "Stephen of Blois, Count of Mortain and Boulogne" in The English Historical Review, Vol. 115, No. 461 (Apr., 2000), pp. 271-296

LoPrete, Kimberly A. Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c. 1067 - 1137) (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).