Sixth Generation  

24. Comte Etienne Henri II de BLOIS de Blois, of Champagne and of Meaux [88002] (Comte Thibaut de BLOIS de Blois & Champagne¹⁶, Comte Odo II de BLOIS de Blois, Champagne and Chartres¹¹, Queen Consort Berthe de WELF of the Franks³, Conrad I of Burgundy (King)², Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy & Italy (King)¹) was born in 1045 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 19 May 1102 in Ramleh Palestine at age 57.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Etienne Henri [English Stephen Henry],
Stephen Henry (in French, Étienne Henri, in Medieval French, Estienne Henri; c. 1045 \endash 19 May 1102), Count of Blois and Count of Chartres, was the son of Theobald III, count of Blois, and Gersent of Le Mans.[1][2]

In 1089, upon the death of his father, he became the Count of Blois and Chartres, although Theobald had given him the administration of those holdings in 1074. He was the father of Stephen of England.

Count Stephen was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, leading one of the major armies of the crusade and often writing enthusiastic letters to his wife Adela of Normandy about the crusade's progress.[3] Stephen was the head of the army council at the siege of Nicaea in 1097.[4] He returned home in 1098 during the lengthy siege of Antioch, fleeing the battlefield, without having fulfilled his crusading vow to forge a way to Jerusalem.[5] He was pressured by Adela into making a second pilgrimage, and joined the subsequent Crusade of 1101 in the company of others who had also returned home prematurely. In 1102, Stephen was killed at the Second Battle of Ramla at the age of fifty-seven.

Noted events in his life were:

• Death: at the 2nd Battle of Ramleh, 19 May 1102, Ramleh Palestine.

Etienne married Princess Of England Adele de NORMANDIE [35139]. Adele was born in 1067 in Normandy France, died on 8 Mar 1135 in Marsilly Aquitane France at age 68, and was buried in Caen Calvadon Normandy France. Another name for Adele was Alice.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Adele, amongst other Things,
Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England (c. 1067 \endash 8 March 1137),[1] also known as Saint Adela in Roman Catholicism,[2] was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders who later became the countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux by marriage to Stephen II of Blois. Her husband greatly benefited from the increased social status and prestige that came with such a marriage. She brought with her not only her bloodline, but a dowry of money and other movable goods from the prodigious store of Anglo-Norman wealth. She was regent of Blois during the absence of her spouse in 1096\endash 1100 and 1101\endash 02, and during the minority of her son from 1102 until 1120.[3] Adela was the mother of King Stephen of England and Bishop Henry of Winchester.

Children from this marriage were:

   33    i. Gilette de BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE [123611] was born in 1080 in France.

   34    ii. Alix de BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE [123612] was born about 1080 in Winchester Hampshire England and died about 1129 in Winchester Hampshire England aged about 49.

   35    iii. Seigneur Guilliame de BLOIS de Sully [123613] was born about 1080 in Chartres-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Bretagne France and died in 1150 in Chartres-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Bretagne France aged about 70.

   36    iv. Alix de BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE [123616] was born in 1091 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died about 1145 in Joigny Yonne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté France aged about 54.

   37    v. Adelaide Nicole de BLOIS [123614] was born in 1092 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died in 1118 in Bray-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France France at age 26.

   38    vi. Bishop Philippe de BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE of Chalons [123617] was born in 1092 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died in 1100 in Marcigney Sur Loire France at age 8.

+ 39    vii. Comte Thibault IV de BLOIS de Champagne [123597] was born on 2 Apr 1093 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 10 Jan 1151 in Ligny-le-Ribault Loiret France at age 57.

   40    viii. Humbert de CHAMPAGNE [123615] was born in 1094 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died in 1096 at age 2.

   41    ix. Lucia de BLOIS [123618] was born in 1097 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 25 Nov 1120 at Sea at age 23.

   42    x. King Stephen I de BLOIS of England [123619] was born about 1097 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 25 Oct 1154 in Dover Kent England aged about 57.

Stephen married Queen Consort Mathilde de BOULOGNE of England [123623]. Mathilde was born between 1103 and 1105 in Boulogne Sur Mer Pas De Calais France and died on 3 May 1152 in Castle Hedingham Essex England.

   43    xi. Eudes de BLOIS [123620] was born in 1101 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died in 1107 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France at age 6.

   44    xii. Bishop Henry Eudes de BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE of Winchester [123621] was born about 1101 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 8 Aug 1171 in Winchester Hampshire England aged about 70.

   45    xiii. Comtesse Eleanor de BLOIS-CHAMPAGNE de Vermandois [123622] was born about 1102 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died after 1148 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France.