Eustace de Boulogne I

• Preferred Name: Eustace de Boulogne I^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: M1VS-25N
  
• Nickname:
  
• Birth: 11 AUG 989 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France at LATI: N0.7264 LONG: E0.6147
  
• Burial: 1049 in Samer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankreich at LATI: N0.6389 LONG: E0.7458
  
• Death: 4 OCT 1049 in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France at LATI: N0.7264 LONG: E0.6147
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Comte de Boulogne
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, was a nobleman and founder of the Boulogne branch of the House of Flanders. He held the county of Boulogne from 1042 until his death in 1049.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  He was the elder son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland. Eustace succeeded his father as count of Boulogne in 1042. Eustace I was also the count of Lens. In 1028 Eustace I confirmed the foundation of a college of canons in his castle at Lens and despite accounts of Lens passing to Baldwin V of Flanders circa 1036 it was still held by Eustace I and was passed to his son Lambert at his death.
  
  During the minority of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Eustace's grandfather, Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne had broken free of Flanders and operated as an independent prince, as did Eustace's father and Eustace himself. In 995, having attained his majority, Baldwin IV attempted to recover several of the independently held castles and to expand the Flemish borders. This had caused considerable animosity between Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders and Eustace's father, but when Baldwin IV's son Baldwin V succeeded him in 1035 Eustace I and Baldwin V of Flanders cooperated on several ventures including several charters and in limiting the powers of the Castellan-advocates of several abbeys including the Abbey of Saint Bertin in Flanders.
  
  Eustace I was allied to the ducal house of Normandy by the marriage of his son Eustace II to Goda, niece of Richard II. This had far reaching alliances to other branches of these families including that of Edward the Confessor, King of England. Under Eustace I the counts of Boulogne rose to great prominence in Northern France. Eustace I died in 1049.
  
  He was apparently a patron of Samer Abbey near Calais and he is said to have been buried there.
  
  «b»Family and children«/b»
  He was married to Matilda of Leuven, daughter of Lambert I, Count of Leuven and Gerberga of Lower Lorraine and had four children:
  
  1.) Eustace II of Boulogne.
  
  2.) Godfrey, Bishop of Paris (1061-1095).
  
  3.) Lambert II, Count of Lens.
  
  4.) Gerberga, married Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine.
  
  === PEDIGREES OF SOME OF THE EMPEROR CHARLEM ===
  PEDIGREES OF SOME OF THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE'S DESCENDANTS, Vol. 2, Page 315. Lambert I, the Bearded, Count of Louvain, d. 1015; m. ca. 990, Gerberga of Lorraine, b. ca. 975; d. aft. 1017. THE COMPLETE PEDIGREE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume I, Pages 335 and 352. THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY; by George Andrews MORIARTY; Pages 50 and 125.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Died in battle 12 Sep 1015 near Florenne ===
  Died in battle 12 Sep 1015 near Florennes. Buried with his wife in cloister of Saint gertrude at Nivelles.
  
  === REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
  REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists 155-19.
  
  === IN THE VISITATION OF YORKSHIRE PAGE 248 ===
  IN THE VISITATION OF YORKSHIRE PAGE 248 HE IS IDENTIFIED AS "LAMBARD WITH THE BERD, BROTHER TO THERL OF LAYVON AND BRUSSELLES"
  
  === SURNAME: Also shown as Count of Bologne ===
  
  SURNAME: Also shown as Count of Bologne and Lens
  
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Eustace I
  
  ID: Merged with a record that used the ID 42357
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
  
  === Lambert. Count of Louvain, called "The B ===
  Lambert. Count of Louvain, called "The Bearded"; was killed at the Battle of Florennes defending his nephew's County of Hainault against the newly created Duke Godfrey of Brabant. [Burke's Peerage]
  
  === Lambert I, Comte de Louvain gained the t ===
  Lambert I, Comte de Louvain gained the title of Comte de Louvain.
  
  #3906
  
  Citations
  
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 352. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  
  === ! Europaische Stammtafeln neue folge vol ===
  ! Europaische Stammtafeln neue folge vol.1 tafel 95;
  
  === Vermeld in Lotharingen in 937; ontvangt ===
  Vermeld in Lotharingen in 937; ontvangt samen met zijn broer Reinier IVvan Henegouwen de vaderlijke allodia van keizer Otto-II terug (977);voor het eerst als graaf van Leuven vermeld in 1003; erft bij hetoverlijden van zijn zwager hertog Otto van Neder-Lotharingen dienskeizerlijke lenen, waaronder Brussel (1012), doch voelt zich gepasseerdin de opvolging in diens functie wanneer deze aan Godfried-II van Verdunwordt geschonken; verbindt zich daarom tegen deze, samen met zijn neefReinier-V van Henegouwen.
  
  === Count, of Lorraine ===
  Count, of Lorraine
  
  === !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy ===
  !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, Published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. !Source is from "Neuhart Nobility", by Dennis Allen Kastens -1997 page 208. 1. He is the 28th GGrandfather of Edward Probyn James III.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Lambert I, Comte de Louvain
  M, #3906, b. circa 950, d. 12 September 1015
  Last Edited=21 Aug 2005
  Lambert I, Comte de Louvain was born circa 950. He died on 12 September 1015, killed.
  Lambert I, Comte de Louvain gained the title of Comte de Louvain.
  Children of Lambert I, Comte de Louvain and Gerberge de Basse-Lorraine
  Maud de Louvain + 1
  Lambert III, Comte de Louvain + b. c 995, d. a 21 Sep 1062
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 352. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  
  === Count of Louvaine by right of his wife. ===
  Count of Louvaine by right of his wife.
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.19, 104, 174; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.11, 19, 21, 27; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.2 ===
  !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.242 H249t p. 381. Belami's Genealogical Tables Q929.2 B465g Table 567;
  
  === Lambert died in the battle of Florennes ===
  Lambert died in the battle of Florennes against King Heinrich II of Germany and Duke Godefroid I of Lower-Lorraine in a failed attempt to gain greater independence and to win Lorraine back for his family.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p352fn(a), (FH ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p352fn(a), (FHL 942 D22cok);
  
  === !BIRTH: Ancestral Roots of Certain Ameri ===
  !BIRTH: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. by Frederick Lewis Weis. Seventh Edition. Page 135 !DEATH: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. by Frederick Lewis Weis. Seventh Edition. Page 135
  
  === !Royal Gen p 594; NAME: Chronological ch ===
  !Royal Gen p 594; NAME: Chronological chart p12; Anchestral Roots pp101,115,124; Magna Charta pps 196,430 Royal Ancestors 421,519
  
  === ES I:95 PED OF A.H.AYERS !Birthdate is ===
  ES I:95 PED OF A.H.AYERS !Birthdate is a guess.
  
  === Eustace I Count De Boulogne ===
  Eustace I Count De Boulogne
  born about 1004 Boulogne, Vendee, France
  
  father:
  *Enricule "le Petit Arnoul" Comte De Boulogne
  born about 0976 Boulogne, Artois, France
  died Abbaye De Samer-aux-bois, France
  
  mother:
  *Adeline wife of Enricule De Boulogne
  born about 0980 Boulogne, Artois, France
  (end of information)
  
  siblings:
  *Rosetta (Rosella) de Saint Pol born about 1000 St. Pol, Artois, France
  
  spouse:
  *Mahaut de Louvain
  born about 0984 Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
  married about 1005 Brabant, Belgium
  
  children:
  *Lambert de Boulogne born about 1020 Boulogne, Flandres
  died 1054 Bataille De Lille, Flandres
  *Eustace II Count De Boulogne born about 1030 Boulogne, France died about 1093
  
  biographical and/or anecdotal:
  
  notes or source:
  LDS
  
  === !DEATH: Diary and autobiography of Edmun ===
  !DEATH: Diary and autobiography of Edmund Bohun, 1853 Royal Genealogies of Magna Carte Barons
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition lines 148-20, 155-20
  
  === W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. ===
  W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. 83, 104

• m. 1014 in Brabant, Belgium

1. Gerberga de Boulogne, b. 1012 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France     d. 1059 in Luxembourg, Saint-Empire romain
2. Ida de Boulogne, b. 1030 in Cuijk, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland     d. 1106 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
3. Lambert de Boulogne Count of Lens II, b. ABT 1025 in Lens, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France     d. 1054 in Battle Of Lille, Lille Metropole, France
4. Eustace de Boulogne II, b. 1015 in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France     d. 1087 in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France

1. Title: EUSTACHE [III] de Boulogne in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#EustacheIIIdied1125;
   Note: 1. EUSTACHE [III] de Boulogne (-1125 or after). His parentage is specified in his donation to Saint-Bertin dated 1122, for the souls of "Eustacii comitis patris mei et Yde matris mee comitisse"[476]. He is not named as one of her sons by "Ida comitisse Boloniensis" in the latter's charter for the soul of her husband[477]. William of Tyre records him as brother of Godefroi and Baudouin, naming him last of the three[478]. It is not known whether this indicates that he was the youngest of the three brothers, or was simply a reflection of his less significant role in affairs in Palestine. His inheritance of the paternal possessions and titles suggests that he was the oldest brother, at any rate older than his brother Baudouin. He succeeded as Comte de Boulogne, Comte de Lens. This would normally be an indication of his seniority in the family. However, given the superior position of his brother Godefroi as Duke of Lower Lotharingia, it may have been decided that the less important paternal inheritance would pass to a younger son. He was a member of the company of Robert II Count of Flanders on the First Crusade, joining his brothers after arriving in Constantinople in 1097[479]. Albert of Aix records the arrival in Constantinople of "Robertus Normannorum comes, Stephanus Blesensis, Eustachius frater prædicti Ducis", dated to early 1097 from the context[480]. In Palestine in 1099, he returned to Boulogne soon after. "Eustacius Bolonie comes" confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Samer by charter dated Jul 1112, subscribed by "Cononis de Fieules, Eustacii et Rogerii filiorum eius…"[481]. Albert of Aix records that Baudouin appointed "fratri Eustachio" as his successor on his deathbed if he would come to Jerusalem, or if he failed to come "Baldewinus de Burg"[482]. A legation left Jerusalem for Boulogne in Apr 1118 to invite him to succeed. Eustache left Boulogne for Jerusalem, but when he reached Apulia he received news that Baudouin du Bourg had been chosen as king. He refused to press his claim further, and retired to the Cluniac monastery at Rumilly in [1125]. "Eustachius olim comes Boloniensis nunc autem…monachus Cluniacensis" donated property to Cluny by charter dated 1125 which names "Maria uxore mea…[et] Mathildi filia mea", and is subscribed by "Stephani comitis Bolonie, Matildis comitisse"[483]. m (1102) MARY of Scotland, daughter of MALCOLM III "Caennmor/Bighead" King of Scotland & his second wife [St] Margaret of England (-31 May 1116 or 18 Apr 1118, bur Bermondsey Priory). Orderic Vitalis records that their mother sent Mary and her sister Eadgyth to be brought up by her sister Christina, nun at Romsey Abbey[484]. Florence of Worcester records that Henry I King of England arranged the marriage of "Mariam reginæ sororem" and "Eustatio Bononensium comiti" in [1102][485]. Her marriage is also recorded by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her daughter[486]. The Genealogica comitum Buloniensium records that "Eustachius, frater Balduini regis Iheruslame" married "Mariam filiam regis Scotiæ"[487]. The 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum records the death "II Kal Jun" in 1116 of "Maria…comitissa" and her burial "apud Bermundseiam"[488]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that "Mary countess of Bouillon" died in "the third year before her sister’s death"[489]. Comte Eustache [III] & his wife had one child: a) MATHILDE de Boulogne ([1103/05]-Hedingham Castle, Essex 2/3 or 30 May or 3 Jul 1151, bur Faversham Abbey, Kent). Her parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis[490]. The Genealogica comitum Buloniensium names Mathilde daughter of "Eustachius, frater Balduini regis Iheruslame" and his wife "Mariam filiam regis Scotiæ", also recording her marriage with "Stephano, filio Stephani Blesensis comitis"[491]. She succeeded her father as Ctss de Boulogne. "Stephanus comes Bolonie et Morethonii et Mathildis comitissa" confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Samer by charter dated 1141 (presumably misdated because of the donors’ titles), subscribed by "…Eustachius de Fielnes, Willelmus et Rogerus fratres sui…"[492]. She was crowned Queen Consort of England at Westminster Abbey 22 Mar 1136. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1152 of "Matildis uxor Stephani regis Anglorum" and in a later passage her burial "in monasterio Fasseham", recording that she had founded the abbey[493]. m ([1124/25]) ETIENNE de Blois Comte de Mortain, son of ETIENNE Comte de Blois & his wife Adela of England (Blois [1096/97]-Dover 25 Oct 1154, bur Faversham Abbey, Kent). Comte de Boulogne, in right of his wife, before 1125. He succeeded 22 Dec 1135 as STEPHEN King of England, crowned at Westminster Abbey 26 Dec 1135. His first cousin Matilda Lady of the English, daughter of Henry I King of England, disputed Stephen’s accession. During the ensuing civil war in England, Stephen was deposed and imprisoned by Matilda 7-10 April 1141, but restored to the throne 1 Nov 1141. He was crowned a second time at Canterbury Cathedral 1141, and a third time at Lincoln Cathedral 1146. - see below, Part B. Comte Eustache [III] had [three] illegitimate children by unknown mistresses: b) RAOUL de Boulogne (-after [1122/25]). Witness, with his brother Eustache, of their father's charters in 1106 (in favour of St Paul's London) and in [1120/25] (in favour of Roger de Sumerio)[494]. "Rodulfi filii comitis Eustacii" witnessed his father's donation to Saint-Bertin dated 1122[495]. c) EUSTACHE de Boulogne. Witness, with his brother Raoul, of their father's charters in 1106 (in favour of St Paul's London) and in [1120/25] (in favour of Roger de Sumerio)398. m ---. The name of Eustache's wife is not known. Eustache & his wife had one child: i) EUSTACHE (-after [1176/77]). The 1164/65 Pipe Roll names "Eustachius fil Eust fil Com" accounting for relief of his land in Essex/Hertfordshire[496]. The 1176/77 Pipe Roll names "Eustacius filius Eustacii filii Comitis" in Essex and Hertfordshire[497]. d) [GODEFROI (-killed in battle al-Sinnabrah 28 Jun 1113). William of Malmesbury names him "bastard great-nephew [abnepos eius nothus]" of Baudouin I King of Jerusalem[498]. "…Gotafredus nepos regis…" subscribed the charter dated 20 Jun 1112 under which Baudouin I King of Jerusalem confirmed the possessions of the Knights Hospitallers[499]. Murray points out that his being the illegitimate son of Eustache [III] Comte de Boulogne is only one of the various possibilities[500]. He was killed fighting Tughtikin atabeg of Damascus and Mawdud of Mosul.
   Page: Eustache, Comte de Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#EustacheIIB [See document in the Memories section]
   
2. Title: Lt-Col. W. H. Turton: "The Plantagenet Ancestry" Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
   Author: Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
   Note: relationships, dates
   
3. Title: Find a Grave
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122697469/eustace_i,-count-de_boulogne;
   
4. Title: Eustace I, Count de Boulogne (1004-1049), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGN-F1S9 : 10 May 2023), Eustace I Count de Boulogne, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 122697469, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGN-F1S9;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122697469/eustace_i%2C-count-de_boulogne Eustace I, Count de Boulogne BIRTH 1004 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France DEATH 4 Oct 1049 (aged 44–45) Neuville-en-Ferrain, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 122697469 Spouse: Mathilde Of Louvain Of Boulogne Parents: Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne (976–1027) Adelina of Holland (990–1045)
   
5. Title: Eustache I De Boulogne
   Publication: Name: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-273308321-2-708544/eustache-i-de-boulogne-in-myheritage-family-trees?fspid=L5XX-8DH;
   
6. Title: Lambert I, Comte de Louvain, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#LambertILouvaindied1015 [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#LambertILouvaindied1015;
   Note: Lambert I, Comte de Louvain, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#LambertILouvaindied1015 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Lambert I, Comte de Louvain, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#LambertILouvaindied1015 [See document in the Memories section]
   
7. Title: Eustace I, Count of Boulogne
   Author: Eustace I, count of Boulogne
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Eustace-I-count-of-Boulogne/6000000001412952663;
   Page: To document Count Eustache I of Boulogne
   
8. Title: Eustache I, Comte de Boulogne
   Page: Eustache I, Comte de Boulogne, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#Gerbergediedbefore1059 [See document in the Memories section]
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Count Eustace II Boulogne -
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