Stephen, 1135 to 1141 and 1141 to 1154
| BORN: | c. 1096, Blois, France. |
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| PARENTS: | Stephen, Count of Blois (c. 1045-1102), Adela (daughter of William I) (c. 1067 - 1137). |
| MARRIED: | Matilda of Boulogne (c. 1103/5 - 52), 1125, Westminster Abbey. |
| ACCEDED: | 22 December 1135 |
| CROWNED: | (1) 26 December 1135, Westminster Abbey. (deposed: 7 April 1141) (2) 25 December 1141, Canterbury Cathedral. (restored: 1 November 1141) |
| DIED: | 25 October 1154, Dover Castle. |
| INTERRED: | Faversham Abbey, Kent. |
| CHILDREN: | (1) Baldwin (c. 1126 - 35) (2) Eustace, Count of Boulogne (c. 1031/1 - 53) (3) Matilda (c. 1135 - 35) (4) William de Blois of Boulogne, Earl of Surrey (c. 1134 - 59) (5) Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne (c. 1136 - 82) + 5 illegitimate children |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: David I, the Saint Malcolm IV, the Maiden Opponent: Robert Earl of Gloucester Archbishops of Canterbury: William de Corbeil Theobald of Bec Popes: Innocent II Celestine II Lucius II Blessed Eugene III Anastasius IV |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Shrewsbury Castle captured, 1138. Siege at Arundel Castle, 1138. Civil War breaks out, 1138. Battle of "the Standard", 22 August 1138. Siege at Wallingford Castle, 1139. Battle of Lincoln, 2 February 1141. Farringdon Castle captured, 1145. Siege at Pevensey Castle, 1147. Matilda leaves England, February 1148. Henry (II) invades England, January 1153. Treaty of Wallingford, 6 November 1153. Castles built at: Banbury, 1136. Castle Rising, 1140. Hedingham, 1140. Framlingham, 1140. Sherriff Hutton, 1140. |
