STEPHEN II 'ETIENNE HENRI' ap THEOBALD De BLOIS

Count De Brie, Count De Chartres, Count De Blois, Count De Meaus, and Count De Champagne

BIRTH: Abt 1045 in Normandy, France
DEATH: 19 May 1102 in Dover Priory, Dover, England
BURIAL: Normandy, France
FATHER: Theobald III De Champagne ap EUDES - Abt 1002
MOTHER: Gresende Du Maine verch HERBERT - BIRTH: 1002 in Maine, Normandy, France
MARRIAGE: Abt 1080 - Adela verch William PEUEREL The Conqueror in Breteuil, Eure, France
BIRTH: Abt 1062 in Normandy, France
CHILDREN:
1. GUILLAUME 'William' ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1080 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
2. Adele Lithiuse verch STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1082 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
DEATH: 1118
MARRIAGE: Abt 1112 - Milo II De BRAI - ANNULLED: 1113
3. Agnes verch STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1084 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
MARRIAGE: Hugh II De PUISET
4. Stephen ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1085 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
5. Alix 'Alice' verch STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1086 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
MARRIAGE: Renaud III De JOIGNI
6. Eleanor verch STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1087 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
MARRIAGE: Raoul I De VERMANDOIS
7. Emma verch STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1088 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
8. Theobald IV ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: 1091 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, England
DEATH: 8 Oct 1151
9. Humbert ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1092 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
DEATH: Died young
10. Odo ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1094 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
DEATH: 1107
11. Philip ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1095 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne
12. Henry ap STEPHEN De BLOIS - BIRTH: Abt 1097 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
DEATH: 6 Aug 1171

13. Lucia Mahaut 'Matilda' De BLOIS - BIRTH: 1099 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
DEATH: 25 Nov 1120 at Sea, Barfleur, Manche, France
MARRIAGE: Richard D'AVRANCHES - BIRTH: 1094 - DEATH: 25 Nov 1120
Richard & Matilda were both aboard the doomed White Ship. The ship went down,
drowning all but one boy, on 25 November 1120.

Stephen II Etienne Henri was the Count of Blois & Chartres. He adopted the name 'Stephen'. His wife Adela of Normandy was one of the daughters of William the Conqueror. They married about 1080 in Chartres, Breteuil, Eure, France
He gained the titles of Count De Brie, Count De Chartres, Count De Blois, Count De Meaus, and Count De Champagne before 1090.
Count Stephen was one of the leaders of the First Crusade. He wrote many exciting letters to Adela telling her how the crusade was going. He had made a vow to forge a way to Jerusalem. However, during the long siege of Antioch in 1098, he returned home without fullfilling his vow.

Adela presuured him into going on his second crusade. Stepen and others who returned home early from the First Crusade joined the Minor Crusade of 1101. Stephen was fifty-six at this time. He was killed in the Battle of Ramia in 1102.

SOURCES:

The Peerage: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10203.htm#i102030

Wikipedia.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_Count_of_Blois

Norman Kings of England, William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen, & Henry II
http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/william.htm

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