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Stephen II Henry (in French, Étienne Henri, in Medieval French, Estienne Henri) (c. 1045 – 19 May 1102), Count of Blois and Count of Chartres, was the son of Theobald III, count of Blois, and Garsinde du Maine. He is numbered Stephen II after Stephen I, Count of Troyes.[citation needed] He married Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror around 1080 in Chartres. In 1089, upon ...
31 gen 2024 · A Claimant to the Throne. As the grandson of William the Conqueror, Stephen of Blois had strong royal lineage that enabled him to pursue the English crown upon King Henry I’s death. While he lacked the strongest direct claim to the throne, as Empress Matilda was still alive as Henry’s designated heir, Stephen sought to capitalise on the ...
Stephen II of Troyes (died 1047), sometimes called Etienne, was a Count of Troyes and Meaux from 1037 to 1047. He was the son of (Eudes) Odo II, Count of Blois and, Chartres, Champagne, Troyes and Meaux, and of Ermengarde of Auvergne. He married Adèle and had a son, Eudes II who was Count of Troyes and of Meaux, then of Aumale. References
Stephen’s younger brother was Pope Callixtus II. Stephen succeeded to the County in 1097, following the death in the First Crusade of his elder brother, Reginald II. [1] Stephen participated in the Crusade of 1101 , [2] as a commander in the army of Stephen of Blois , helping with the capture of Ancyra and fighting in the disastrous Battle of Mersivan . [3]
15 set 2022 · Stephen II Henry, Étienne Henri. From WIkipedia: Stephen II Henry (c. 1045 – 19 May 1102), (in French, Étienne Henri ), Count of Blois and Count of Chartres, was the son of Theobald III, count of Blois, and Garsinde du Maine. He married Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror around 1080 in Chartres.
William was the eldest son of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, [1] daughter of William the Conqueror. William was the older brother of Theobald II, Count of Champagne; Stephen, King of England; and Henry, Bishop of Winchester . In the absence of male issue to Henry I of England, William was the eldest legitimate grandson of ...
John II, Count of Blois. John II ( c. 1342 – 19 May 1381) was a Franco-Dutch nobleman who ruled lands in both France and the Holy Roman Empire. He was the count of Blois and Dunois from 1372 until 1381, the lord of Avesnes, Schoonhoven, Gouda, Beaumont, Chimay and Waarde from 1356 until 1381 and the stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland in 1359 ...
