By unknown mothers:
14 William de Tracy ( d.1136? or 1140?); he married an unknown lady and had issue.
15 Gilbert (1130?–1142).
16 Matilda; she married Conan III, Duke of Brittany ( d.1148), and had issue.
17 Constance or Matilda; she married Richard or Roscelin, Viscount of Beaumont-le-Maine, and had issue including Ermengarde, wife of William the Lyon, King of Scotland.
18 Eustacia; she married William Gouet III, Lord of Montmirail.
19 Alice or Aline; she married Matthew de Montmorenci, Constable of France, and had issue.
20 Matilda, Abbess of Montvilliers.
21 Daughter (name not known), who was betrothed at one time ( c.1109) to William de Warenne.
22 Joan or Elizabeth; she married Fergus of Galloway, and had issue.
23 Emma; she married Guy de Laval.
24 Daughter (name not known), to be betrothed to Hugh FitzGervais in c.1110.
25 Sybilla of Falaise; she married Baldwin de Boullers.
HENRY I
He died on 1/2 December, 1135, at St Denis le Fermont in the Forest of Angers, near Rouen, Normandy, of food poisoning. He was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, his own foundation. His tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.
He was succeeded by his nephew Stephen of Blois, although he had made his barons swear allegiance to his daughter Matilda as his successor.
King Stephen
FATHER: Stephen Henry
He was the son of Theobald III, Count of Blois; he married Adela of Normandy (
Stephen had the following illegitimate issue:
1 Emma; she married Herbert II, Count of Maine, and had issue.
MOTHER: Adela
She was the daughter of William I by Matilda of Flanders, and she was born in c.1062 in Normandy. During her widowhood, she became a nun at the Cluniac Priory of Marigney-sur-Loire in the Diocese of Autun in France in c.1122. She died in 1137 or 1138 at Marigney, and was buried in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen, Normandy.
SIBLINGS:
1 Humbert, Count of Virtus ( d.young).
2 William, Count of Chartres, Lord of Sulli ( d.after 1104); he married Agnes ( d.after 1104), daughter of Giles, Lord of Sulli, and had issue. William is described in the chronicles as an idiot, and was disinherited in favour of his younger brother Theobald in the succession to Blois.
3 Theobald IV, Count of Blois (1085/91?–1152); he also became Count of Champagne, and married Matilda, daughter of Ingelbert II, Duke of Carinthia, and had issue.
4 Henry; he was born in c.1099 at Winchester, and became a monk at the Priory of Cluny in France during his childhood. He later transferred to Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, where he became Abbot. He was elected Abbot of Glastonbury in Somerset in 1126. He was nominated Bishop of Winchester on 4 October, 1129, and consecrated on 17 November, 1129. He died on 6 August, 1171, at Winchester, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
5 Philip, Bishop of Châlons ( d.1100).
6 Odo; he has perhaps been confused with Henry, who is referred to as Eudes in one charter.
7 Matilda or Lucy; she married Richard d’Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester. Both were drowned in 1120 when the White Ship sank off Barfleur in Normandy.
8 Agnes; she married Hugh III de Puiset, and had issue.
9 Adela or Lithuise; she married Miles de Brai, Viscount of Troyes and Lord of Montlheri. The marriage was later annulled.
10 Eleanor ( d.1147); she married Raoul, Count of Vermandois.
11 Alice; she married Reginald III, Count of Joigni.
KING STEPHEN
He was born in c.1096/7 (before 1100) at Blois, France. He was created Count of Mortain before 1115, and became Count of Boulogne in right of his wife before 1125. On 22 December, 1135, he usurped the throne of England upon the death of Henry I, who had left it to his daughter Matilda, to whom the barons had sworn allegiance. However, this had been given unwillingly, and it was generally felt that women were unfit to rule, hence Stephen met with little opposition, and was crowned on 26 December, 1135, at Westminster Abbey. By 1141, his weak government saw many of his nobles disillusioned and turning to Matilda, who invaded England that year. Stephen was deposed between 7 and 10 April, 1141, and imprisoned, while Matilda attempted to consolidate her claim to rule England. She failed in this, due to her haughtiness and high-handed approach to government, which alienated her supporters. Stephen was eventually released, and restored to the throne on 1 November, 1141; he was again crowned, on 25 December, 1141, at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, and once again, in 1146, at Lincoln Cathedral.
King Stephen married, before 1125:
Matilda
She was the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, by Mary, daughter of Malcolm III, King of Scotland, and sister to Matilda, wife of Henry I. Matilda was born around 1103/5, and became Countess of Boulogne in her own right on the death of her father. She was crowned Queen Consort on 22 March, 1136, at Westminster Abbey. She died on 2/3 May, 1152, at Hedingham Castle, Essex, and was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent. Her tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.
Issue of marriage:
1 Baldwin
He was born in c.1126, and died perhaps before 2 December (?), 1135 (certainly before 1137), in the Tower of London. He was buried in the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Aldgate Without, London.
2 Eustace
He was born between c.1127/31, or perhaps in December, 1135. He was created Count of Boulogne at Christmas, 1146/7, and is said to have also been created Earl of Huntingdon, but this is unlikely. Eustace was crowned King of England in 1152, during his father’s lifetime, but he never lived to succeed him, dying on 10 or 16 August, 1153, at Bury St Edmund’s, Suffolk. He was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent.
Eustace married, in February, 1140, in Paris:
Constance
She was the daughter of Louis VI, King of France, by Adelaide, daughter of Umberto II, Count of Savoy and Maurienne, and she was born in c.1128. After Eustace’s death, she married secondly Raymond V ( d.1194), Count of Toulouse, in 1154, and had issue:
1 Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156–1222); he married firstly Ermensinda de Pelet ( d.1176); he married secondly Beatrice of Beziers, whom he repudiated; he married thirdly, and bigamously, Bourguigne de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus, whom he also repudiated; he married fourthly Joan, daughter of Henry II, and had issue.
2 William (or Alberic, or Alfonso), surnamed Taillefer ( d.1183/4).
3 Baldwin ( d.1212).
4 Alesia ( d.1183); she married Roger, Viscount of Beziers.
5 Laura; she married Odo, Count of Comminger.
Constance died on 16 August, 1176, at Rheims in France.
3 William
He was born between c.1132 and 1137. He became Earl of Surrey in right of his wife before 1148/9. He succeeded his mother as Count of Boulogne on 17 August, 1153, and succeeded his father as Count of Mortain on 25 October, 1154. He was killed on 11 October, 1159, at the siege of Toulouse in France, and was buried in the Hospital of Montmorillon, Poitou, France.