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Stephen, Count of Blois
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Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherThibaut III, Count of Blois (~1010-1089) [S756] [S916] [S2718]
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MotherGersende du Maine (~1025-) [S916] [S2718]
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SpouseAdela of Normandy (~1062-1137) 
Child +William de Blois, Seigneur de Sully (~1090-~1150) [S756] [S916]
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Child +Theobald IV, Count of Blois and Champagne (~1090-1152) [S756] [S916] [S1008]
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Child +Stephen, King of England (1096-1154) [S756] [S916] [S2718]
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Child +Emma de Blois (e1070-) [S756] [S916]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameStephen , Count of Blois [S756]
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NameStephen of Blois, Count of Blois [S756]
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NameStephen of Blois, Count of champagne, Brie, Blois, and Chartres [S756]
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NameEtienne , Comte de Blois [S916] [S1008]
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NameEtienne de Blois [S916] [S2718]
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FatherThibaut III, Count of Blois (~1010-1089) [S756] [S916] [S2718]
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MotherGersende du Maine (~1025-) [S916] [S2718]
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TitleCount of Brie [S756]
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TitleCount of Champagne [S756]
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TitleCount of Chartres [S756]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 1049 (1049-1050)
 
Marriageabt 1080/81Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137), Breteuil, Chartres, Centre, France [S756] [S916] [S2718]
bef 1085
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Title1089Count of Blois [S916] [S1008] [S2718]
succeeded his fahther
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FlourishedSep 1096 [S756] [S916]
leader of the First Crusade
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Death1101 [S756]
slain by Turks in Crusade
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DeathMay 19, 1102Ramla, Center District, Israel [S916] [S2718]
trapped, burned in a tower, captured and beheaded
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Sources
IndexTitle
[S756] Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S916] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Central France: Blois, Tours)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 18 October 2006)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL FRANCE.htm).
[S1008] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Carinthia)" (v1.1 Updated 07 January 2007) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CARINTHIA.htm).
[S2718] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - England Kings 1066-1837)" (v4.1 Updated 24 November 2019).
Kinship Lines for Stephen, Count of Blois
Spouse/PartnerDegreeRelationshipMRCA
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)124th Cousin 2x removedHerbert de Vermandois II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes (~880-943)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)124th Cousin 2x removedLiegarde of France (e887-)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)125th CousinHenry I, King of Germany (~876-936)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)125th CousinMechtilde of Ringelheim (~890-968)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)167th CousinÆlfred, King of Wessex (849-899)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)167th CousinEalhswith (~848-905)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)177th Cousin 1x removedCharles II, King of France & Italy (823-877)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)177th Cousin 1x removedErmentrude Queen of France (~829-869)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)198th Cousin 1x removedHugo II, Count of Tours (e766-837)
Adela of Normandy (~1062-1137)198th Cousin 1x removedÈve (e767-839)
Note
Most of the sources give Stephen's mother as Gersende, however some say she had no issue.
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