Matilda de Boulogne

• Preferred Name: Matilda de Boulogne^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Alternate Name: de Blois
  
• Gender: F
  
• Burial: in Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England at LATI: N1.3177 LONG: E0.8928 with note: Give correct location.
  
• Countess+of+Boulogne: BET 1125 AND 1151 with note: Wikipedia
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen consort of EnglandBET 1135 AND 1141 with note: Standardized
  
• Death: 3 MAY 1152 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
  
• FSID: LZLV-QGZ
  
• Birth: 1105 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France at LATI: N0.7264 LONG: E0.6147
  
• Coronation: 22 MAR 1136 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England at LATI: N1.4994 LONG: E0.1275 with note: Description: Queen of England standardized
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  *3 SONS & 2 DAUGHTERS*
  Matilda I (or Maud) (1105-3 May 1152), Countess of Boulogne, was queen consort of England as the wife of King Stephen. She supported her husband in his struggle against their cousin Empress Matilda, who claimed the English throne in the civil war known as the Anarchy. During this period, Matilda played an unusually active role for a woman of the period when her husband was captured, and proved herself an effective general who managed to force their cousin to release him. Under the agreement that settled the civil war, her children did not inherit the throne.
  
  Early life and marriage
  She was born in Boulogne, France, the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, and his wife Mary, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Through her maternal grandmother, Matilda was descended from the pre-Conquest English kings.
  
  In 1125, Matilda married Stephen of Blois, Count of Mortain, who possessed a large honour in England. When Matilda's father abdicated and retired to a monastery the same year, this was joined with Boulogne and the similarly large English honour Matilda inherited.
  
  On Eustace III's death, Matilda and her husband became joint rulers of Boulogne.
  
  Two children, a son and a daughter, were born to the countess and count of Boulogne during the reign of King Henry I, who had granted them a residence in London.
  
  The son was named Baldwin, after Matilda's uncle, King Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
  
  The daughter was named Matilda.
  
  Baldwin died in early childhood and the young Matilda is thought to have died during childhood too, although she lived long enough to be espoused to Waleran de Meulan, Earl of Worcester.
  
  Queenship
  On the death of Henry I of England in 1135, Stephen rushed to England, taking advantage of Boulogne's control of the closest seaports, and was crowned king, beating his rival, the Empress Matilda. Matilda of Boulogne was heavily pregnant at that time and crossed the Channel after giving birth to a son, Eustace, who would one day succeed her as count of Boulogne. Matilda was crowned queen at Easter, on 22 March 1136.
  
  Matilda was a supporter of the Knights Templar. She founded Cressing Temple in Essex in 1137 and Temple Cowley in Oxford in 1139. Like her predecessor, Matilda of Scotland, she had a close relationship with the Holy Trinity Priory at Aldgate. She took the prior as her confessor and two of her children were buried there.
  
  In the civil war that followed, known as the Anarchy, Matilda proved to be her husband's strongest supporter. When England was invaded in 1138, she called troops from Boulogne and its ally Flanders, and besieged Dover Castle with success and then went north to Durham, where she made a treaty with David I of Scotland in 1139.
  
  After Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, she rallied the king's partisans, and raised an army with the help of William of Ypres. While the Empress Matilda waited in London to prepare her coronation, Matilda and Stephen's brother Henry of Blois had her chased out of the city. The Empress Matilda went on to besiege Henry of Blois at Winchester. Matilda of Boulogne then commanded her army to attack the besiegers. There was a rout in which the Empress's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, was captured. The two Matildas then agreed to exchange prisoners and Stephen ruled as king again.
  
  Matilda died of a fever at Hedingham Castle, Essex, England, and is buried at Faversham Abbey, which she and her husband founded.
  
  Issue
  Stephen and Matilda had three sons:
  
  1.) Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, married Constance of France, no issue
  
  2.) Baldwin of Boulogne (d. before 1135)
  
  3.) William of Blois, Count of Mortain and Boulogne and Earl of Surrey, married Isabel de Warenne, no issue
  They also had two daughters:
  1.) Matilda of Boulogne, married Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, no issue
  
  2.) Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, married Matthew of Alsace, had issue
  
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  Mathilde de Boulogne (ca. 1105 — Castle Hedingham, 3 mei 1152) was een dochter van Eustaas III van Boulogne en Maria van Schotland. Mathilde was koningin van Engeland.
  Mathilde was erfdochter van het graafschap Boulogne en grote bezittingen in Engeland en Normandië. Koning Hendrik I van Engeland bemoeide zich daarom persoonlijk met haar huwelijk en liet haar trouwen met zijn neef Stefanus van Blois. Na het overlijden van Hendrik in 1135 maakte Stefanus zich meester van de Engelse troon. Mathilde was daar niet bij aanwezig, zij verbleef hoogzwanger in Boulogne. Op 22 maart 1136 werd ze in de Westminster Abbey tot koningin gekroond.
  Hendrik had echter niet Stefanus maar zijn dochter Mathilde van Engeland als erfgenaam aangewezen. Daardoor ontstond er een langdurig en verward conflict tussen de fracties van Stefanus en van Mathilde van Engeland. Mathilde speelde in deze periode een belangrijke rol, ze was duidelijk de tweede "man" van de fractie van Stefanus - na Stefanus zelf:
  in 1138 leidde ze met succes het beleg van Dover, compleet met een zeeblokkade vanuit Boulogne.
  in 1139 onderhandelde ze het verdrag van Durham waarmee David I van Schotland in ruil voor grote concessies Stefanus als koning van Engeland erkende.
  in 1140 arrangeerde ze het huwelijk tussen haar zoon Eustaas IV van Boulogne en Constance (ovl. 1176), dochter van Lodewijk VI van Frankrijk. In dat jaar voerde ze ook verkennende besprekingen met de aanvoerder van de partij van Mathilde van Engeland, Robert van Gloucester.
  in 1141 organiseerde ze het verzet van de partij van Stefanus na diens gevangenneming, samen met de huurlingenaanvoerder Willem van Ieper. Ze sloten het leger van Robert in toen die Winchester belegerde, en namen hem gevangen. Robert werd daarna tegen Stefanus geruild. Mathilde wist ook een aantal belangrijke edelen terug te winnen voor de zaak van Stefanus, waaronder diens broer Hendrik.
  ze probeerde Eustaas te laten kronen. Toen de aartsbisschop van Canterbury zich hier tegen verzette, liet zij hem verbannen.
  Mathilde stichtte meerdere abdijen samen met haar man en stichtte zelfstandig het convent van Higham en het Sint-Catharinahospitaal in Londen. Mathilde gaf schenkingen aan de Tempeliers.
  Mathilde overleed aan een koorts en is begraven in de abdij van Faversham.
  Mathilde en Stefanus hadden de volgende kinderen:
  Boudewijn, ca. 1136 op ongeveer tienjarige leeftijd overleden te Londen en begraven in de priorij van Aldgate Eustaas Willem Mathilde, als peuter met Pasen 1136 verloofd met Walram IV van Meulan maar ca. 1140 op ongeveer zesjarige leeftijd overleden en begraven in de priorij van Aldgate. Maria.
  
  Mathilde de Boulogne
  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[568]. The Genealogica comitum Buloniensi
  
  The Empress Matilda hears the plea of Matilda of Boulogne
  The Empress Matilda hears the plea of Matilda of Boulogne, wife of Stephen of Blois who had usurped England's throne and whom the Empress' forces had captured. When the son of Henry I, Duke of Normand
  
  BIO
  BIO: Queen of England; heiress of Boulogne.
  
  ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#EustacheIIB as of 6/13/2016
  
  MATHILDE de Boulogne ([1103/05]-Hedingham Castle, Essex 2/3 or
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#DamatadauRobert as of 1/18/2016
  
  DAMETA . Orderic Vitalis records that "Geroianus" married "Feliciam…Guarnerii de Coneraia filiam" as
  
  === REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
  REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists 158-24.
  
  === "Bloodline of the Holy Grail" by Laurenc ===
  "Bloodline of the Holy Grail" by Laurence Gardner. page 227
  
  === Matilda brought to her marriage the Coun ===
  Matilda brought to her marriage the County of Boulogne as heir of Count Eustace III and was a niece of the first wife of English King Henry I (uncle of her husband Stephen).
  
  === 1 DEAT 2 PLAC Hevringham Castle, , Essex ===
  1 DEAT 2 PLAC Hevringham Castle, , Essex, England
  
  === TABLEAU GENEALOGIQUES DE SOUVERAINS DE F ===
  TABLEAU GENEALOGIQUES DE SOUVERAINS DE FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 37; TABLETTESS CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 2 P.21, 38; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.19, 23; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.15, 105; THE KINGS OF ENGLAND P.44; BURKE'S PEERAGES P.252; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !SOURCE: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA VOL ===
  !SOURCE: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA VOL. 10, PG 585, 1859 EDITION, UNDER EUSTACE II !SOURCE: FAMILY GROUP SHEET SUBMITTED BY ROSALIA E. A. KELSCH !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOT OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH ED 1988, PG 142 LINE 169 #25, PG 135, LINE 158 #24 !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL FILE VEERSION 4.02
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #421. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #421.
  
  === Stephen's wife was to prove one of his ===
  Stephen's wife was to prove one of his most active and staunch supporters throughout his long struggles. A great heiress, she was the only daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Mary of Scotland, the younger sister of Henry's I first queen. She was born between 1103 and 1105. On her father's death she succeeded to the county of Boulogne and in 1125 Henry I arranged her marriage to his nephew Stephen. Matilda was as strong and resourceful as Stephen was weak and indecisive. It was she who recaptured London for him from the Empress Matilda's forces and later forced the Empress's withdrawal from the siege of Winchester, leading to Stephen's release in 1141 in exchange for Robert of Gloucester. Had she not died in 1152 the dispute over the crown might well have continued and there would have been no Treaty of Westminster. Stephen was even more of a broken reed without her and survived her by a little over two years.
  
  === Matilda of Boulogne, Countess of Boulogn ===
  Matilda of Boulogne, Countess of Boulogne Born: ABT 1103/05, Boulogne Acceded: 22 MAR 1136, Westminster Abbey, London, England Died: 3 MAY 1152, Hedingham Castle,Essex,England Interred: Faversham Abbey, Kent Father: , Eustace III of Boulogne, Count of Boulogne Mother: , Mary of Scotland Married 1125, Westminster, London, England to , Stephen, King of England Child 1: , Baldwin, b. ABT 1126 Child 2: , Eustace of Boulogne, Count/Earl of Boulogne, b. 1130/31 Child 3: , Matilda, b. ABT 1133 Child 4: de Blois, William, of Boulogne _____, Earl of Surrey 4, b. ABT 1134 Child 5: , Mary of Boulogne, Countess of Mortaigne, b. ABT 1136
  
  === ?? Line 18445: (New PAF RIN=1465) 1 DEAT ===
  ?? Line 18445: (New PAF RIN=1465) 1 DEAT 2 PLAC Hevringham Castle, , Essex, England ?? Line 2284: (New PAF RIN=42978) 1 NAME Mathilde I Countess De /BOULOGNE/ ?? Line 2285: (New PAF RIN=42978) 1 TITL [QUEEN OF ENGLAND]/
  
  === Sources: Kraentzler 1077, 1081; RC 242, ===
  Sources: Kraentzler 1077, 1081; RC 242, 299; K & Q of Britain; Paget;A. Roots 169-25, 169A-25. Roots: Matilda of Boulogne, born about 1105, died Hedingham Castle,Kent, 3 May 1152. Queen of England, heiress of Boulogne.
  
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• m. 1125

1. Eustace "Le Sage" IV de Blois Count and Earl of Boulogne and Mortain, b. ABT 1125 in of Boulogne, France     d. 16 de agosto de 1153 in Saint Edmunds Abbey, Bury, Suffolkshire, England
2. Marie de Boulogne, b. 1136 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France     d. 25 de julho de 1182 in Denonville, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, 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: Stephen, King of England, and Mathilde of Boulogne in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#Stephendied1154B;
   Note: Chapter 2. KING of ENGLAND 1135-1154 (BLOIS) ETIENNE de Blois, son of ETIENNE Comte de Blois & his wife Adela of England (Blois [1096/97]-Dover 25 Oct 1154, bur Faversham Abbey, Kent[315]). Orderic Vitalis records that “Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes” and his wife had “filios quatuor: Guillelmum et Tedbaldum, Stephanumque et Henricum”, adding that Etienne received “comitatum Moritolii in Normannia et multos in Anglia...honores” from “Henrici regis avunculi sui”[316]. Orderic Vitalis records that he was created Comte de Mortain by Henry I King of England "after Guillaume Comte de Mortain was captured at Tinchebrai" (1106)[317]. He was invested with Séez, Alençon, Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe and Almenèches with La Roche-Mabille by his brother Comte Thibaut IV, after the latter was invested with these lands by Henry I King of England who had confiscated them from Robert de Bellême[318]. It is difficult to date this event accurately. Robert de Bellême's territories were confiscated in 1112, but the passage in Orderic follows a description of the rebellion of Robert Giroie which is assumed to have taken place in Jul [1119]. Comte de Boulogne, de iure uxoris, before 1125. "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…"[319]. After the death of his uncle Henry I King of England, Stephen crossed at once to England[320] before his rival, King Henry's daughter Matilda, and had himself crowned as STEPHEN King of England at Westminster Abbey 22 Dec 1135. His first cousin Matilda continued to dispute the succession. During the civil war which ensued, 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. Robert of Torigny records the death "1154 VIII Kal Nov" as "Stephanus rex Anglorum" and his burial "in monasterio Fasseham"[321]. m (before 1125) MATHILDE Ctss de Boulogne, daughter of EUSTACHE [III] Comte de Boulogne & his wife Mary of Scotland ([1103/05]-Hedingham Castle, Essex 2/3 or 30 May or 3 Jul 1151, bur Faversham Abbey[322]). Her parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis[323]. The Genealogica comitum Buloniensium names Mathilde as daughter of "Eustachius, frater Balduini regis Iheruslame" and his wife "Mariam filiam regis Scotiæ", also recording her marriage with "Stephano, filio Stephani Blesensis comitis"[324]. The Chronicle of Gervase records the coronation "XI Kal Apr 1136…apud Westmonasterium" of "uxor regis Stephani"[325]. She and her husband founded the Benedictine Abbey of Faversham in Kent, which was first colonised by the Cluniac house of Bermondsey[326]. 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[327]. The Chronicle of Gervase records the death "V Non Mai 1152" of "Matildis regina" and her burial "apud Faversham"[328]. Mistress (1): ([1115/20]) DAMETA, a Norman woman, daughter of ---. Her son granted her the manor of Chelsea for an annual rent of £4[329]. same person as…? DAMETA, daughter of ROBERT & his second wife Felicia ---. She is named and her parentage given by Orderic Vitalis[330]. There is no proof that this co-identity is correct. However, the chronology is favourable and no other person with this name has yet been found in the primary sources consulted during the preparation of this document. Mistress (2): ---. The name of Stephen's second mistress is not known. King Stephen & his wife had five children: 1. BAUDOUIN de Blois ([1126]-Tower of London [1136/37], bur Priory of Holy Trinity, Aldgate Without, London). William of Newburgh records his burial, together with that of his sister Mathilde, as "children of King Stephen and Queen", quoting the records of Holy Trinity[331]. The reference to his parents as king and queen indicates that he died after his father's accession, but his relative absence from other sources suggests that the event occurred soon after this. King Stephen donated property to Holy Trinity Priory, London, for the souls of "Mathildis filie mee et Bald[wini] filii mei", by charter dated to [1139/46][332]. 2. EUSTACE de Blois ([1127/31]-Bury St Edmund’s 10 or 16 Aug 1153, bur Faversham Abbey, Kent[333]). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Eustacium et Guilelmum" as the two sons of "rex Anglorum Stefanus"[334]. Recorded as son of King Stephen by Matthew Paris, who specifies that he did homage to Louis VI King of France in 1137 as Duke of Normandy[335], but Geoffroy "Plantagenet" Comte d'Anjou conquered Rouen and the whole Duchy in Jan 1144. He was installed as EUSTACHE [IV] Comte de Boulogne at Christmas [1146/47]. The Gesta Stephani Regis records that King Stephen knighted "Eustachium filium suum", dated from the context to [1147][336]. Maybe created an earl by his father in 1147, possibly Earl of Huntingdon[337], although this would have been at the same time that the title was held by Simon de Saint-Lis. He was crowned associate king of England in 1152 by Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury. Robert of Torigny records the death "1153 mense Augusto circa octavus sancti Laurentii" of "Eustachius filius Stephani regis Anglorum", and in a later passage his burial "in monasterio Fasseham"[338]. m (Paris Feb 1140) as her first husband, CONSTANCE de France, daughter of LOUIS VI King of France & his wife Adélaïde de Savoie ([1128]-Reims 16 Aug after 1177). The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis refers to the sister of King Louis as wife firstly of "Eustachieus comes Bolonie" and secondly of "comiti de Sancto Egidio", specifying that she had children by the latter, but does not name her[339]. The De Genere Comitum Flandrensium, Notæ Parisienses names "filiam unam [Ludovicum regem Grossum] nomine Constantiam"[340]. Her brother Louis VII arranged her first marriage to symbolise his support for Stephen King of England against his cousin Empress Matilda and her husband Geoffroy Comte d'Anjou. William of Newburgh records the betrothal of Eustache, son of King Stephen, and "regi Francorum…sororem eius Constantiam"[341]. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage in Feb [1140] of "regis Anglie Stephani…filius" and "Francorum regis sororem"[342]. The Chronicle of Gervase records the marriage "mense Februario 1140" of "Eustachius filius regis Stephani" and "sororem regis Francia Lodovici Constantiam"[343]. Her marriage is recorded by Matthew Paris, who specifies that she was sister of Louis VII King of France[344]. She married secondly (10 Aug 1154, separated 1166) as his first wife, Raymond V Comte de Toulouse. Her brother arranged her second marriage to cement his alliance with Toulouse against Henri d'Anjou Duke of Normandy [later Henry II King of England] who had just allied himself with Aragon. Baudouin IV King of Jerusalem confirmed a sale of property, with the consent of "…Constantiæ sorori regis Franciæ et S. Egidii comitissæ", by charter dated [Sep/Dec] 1177[345]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XVII Kal Sep" of "Constantia filia Ludovici regis"[346]. 3. WILLIAM de Blois ([1132/37]-11 Oct 1159, bur hospital of Montmorillon, Poitou). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Eustacium et Guilelmum" as the two sons of "rex Anglorum Stefanus"[347]. His parentage is recorded by Matthew Paris[348]. Earl of Warenne and Surrey, Lord of Pevensey and Norwich [1148/49], de iure uxoris[349]. He succeeded his brother in 1153 as GUILLAUME Comte de Boulogne. He was disinherited from the throne of England by his father in Nov 1153 under the treaty confirming the succession of Henry Plantagenet, although under its terms he was allowed to hold all lands which his father had held before becoming king, including the counties of Mortain and Boulogne, and the honors of Eye and Lancaster[350]. He succeeded his father in 1154 as Comte de Mortain. He surrendered Pevensey, Norwich and other strongholds in England and Normandy to King Henry II in 1157. He was knighted by Henry II at Carlisle in 1158[351]. Robert of Torigny records that "Guillelmus comes Moritonii" died "1159 mense Octobris" while returning from serving in the Toulouse campaign, that he died without children and that King Henry II retained his county[352]. Ralph de Diceto’s Ymagines Historiarum record in 1159 that “Gulielmus comes Boloniæ filius regis Stephani” died “in reditu Tolosæ”[353]. m (before 6 Nov 1153, maybe before [1148/49]) as her first husband, ISABELLE de Warenne, daughter & heiress of WILLIAM [III] de Warenne Earl of Surrey & his wife Ela de Ponthieu (-[12 Jul 1203], bur Chapter House, Lewes). Robert of Torigny records that "filiam tercii Guillermi de Warenna" married "Guillermus filius Stephani regis"[354]. Robert of Torigny records the marriage in 1164 of "Hamelinus naturalis frater regis Henrici" and "comitissam de Guarenna, relictam Willelmi comitis Moritoni filii Stephani regis, …filia tercii Willermi comitis de Guarenna"[355]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. She married secondly ([Apr] 1164) [as his second wife,] Hamelin d’Anjou, illegitimate son of Geoffroy V Comte d’Anjou. 4. MATHILDE de Blois ([1133/34]-before 1141, bur Priory of Holy Trinity, Aldgate Without, London). Daughter of King Stephen, Orderic Vitalis records her betrothal when she was "two years old" but does not name her[356]. The Chronicon Valassense names "comes Mellenti Gualerannus" and "uxore sua regis Stephani familia"[357]. William of Newburgh records her burial, together with that of her brother Baudouin, as "children of King Steph
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5. Title: en.Wikipedia Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne
   Author: Matilda Queen consort of England Tenure 22 December 1135 – 3 May 1152 Coronation 22 March 1136 Countess of Boulogne Reign 1125 – 3 May 1152 Predecessor Eustace III Successor Eustace IV Born c. 1105 Boulogne, France Died 3 May 1152 (aged c. 46–47) Hedingham Castle, Essex Burial Faversham Abbey Spouse Stephen, King of England Issue Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne Marie I, Countess of Boulogne William I, Count of Boulogne House Flanders Father Eustace III, Count of Boulogne Mother Mary of Scotland
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   Note: Matilda (c.1105 – 3 May 1152) was Countess of Boulogne from 1125 and Queen of England from the accession of her husband Stephen in 1136 until her death. Matilda supported Stephen in his struggle for the English throne against her cousin Empress Matilda. Queen Matilda played an unusually active role for a woman of the period when her husband was captured, and proved herself an effective general who managed to force the Empress to release Stephen. Under the agreement that settled the civil war, the Queen's children did not inherit the English throne. However, her three surviving children ruled Boulogne in turn as Eustace IV, William I, and Marie I. Background: Matilda was born in Boulogne, France. Her father was Count Eustace III of Boulogne. Her mother, Mary, was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Through her maternal grandmother, Matilda was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Countess of Boulogne​: In 1125, Matilda married Stephen of Blois, Count of Mortain, who possessed a large honour in England. When Matilda's father abdicated and retired to a monastery the same year, this was joined with Boulogne and the similarly large English honour Matilda inherited. On Eustace III's death, Matilda and her husband became joint rulers of Boulogne. Two children, a son and a daughter, were born to the countess and count of Boulogne during the reign of King Henry I of England, who had granted them a residence in London.[1] The son was named Baldwin, after Matilda's uncle King Baldwin I of Jerusalem.[1] The daughter was named Matilda. Baldwin died in early childhood and the young Matilda is thought to have died during childhood too, although she lived long enough to be espoused to Waleran de Meulan, Earl of Worcester.[1] Queenship​: On the death of Henry I of England in 1135, Stephen rushed to England, taking advantage of Boulogne's control of the closest seaports, and was crowned king, beating his rival, the Empress Matilda. Matilda of Boulogne was heavily pregnant at that time and crossed the Channel after giving birth to a son, William, who would one day succeed as count of Boulogne. Matilda was crowned queen at Easter, on 22 March 1136.[1] Matilda was a supporter of the Knights Templar. She founded Cressing Temple in Essex in 1137 and Temple Cowley in Oxford in 1139.[2] Like her predecessor, Matilda of Scotland, she had a close relationship with the Holy Trinity Priory at Aldgate. She took the prior as her confessor and two of her children were buried there.[3] In the civil war that followed, known as the Anarchy, Matilda proved to be her husband's strongest supporter. When England was invaded in 1138, she called troops from Boulogne and its ally Flanders, and besieged Dover Castle with success and then went north to Durham, where she made a treaty with David I of Scotland in 1139.[4] After Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, she rallied the king's partisans, and raised an army with the help of William of Ypres. While the Empress Matilda waited in London to prepare her coronation, Matilda and Stephen's brother Henry of Blois had her chased out of the city. The Empress Matilda went on to besiege Henry of Blois at Winchester. Matilda of Boulogne then commanded her army to attack the besiegers. There was a rout in which the Empress's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, was captured. The two Matildas then agreed to exchange prisoners and Stephen ruled as king again.[5] Matilda died of a fever at Hedingham Castle, Essex, England, and is buried at Faversham Abbey, which she and her husband founded.[1] Issue: Stephen and Matilda had three sons: Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, married Constance of France, no issue Baldwin of Boulogne (d. before 1135) William of Blois, Count of Mortain and Boulogne and Earl of Surrey, married Isabel de Warenne, no issue They also had two daughters: Matilda of Boulogne, married Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, no issue Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, married Matthew of Alsace, had issue Notes​: 1. Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland: Lives of the Queens of England 2. Hilton (2008). Queens Consort, England's Medieval Queens. p. 86. 3. Duggan. p. 330. Missing or empty |title= (help) 4. Hilton (2008). Queens Consort, England's Medieval Queens. pp. 89–90. 5. Duggan. p. 3. Missing or empty |title= (help) Sources: Norgate, Kate (1894). "Matilda of Boulogne". Dictionary of National Biography. 38. pp. 53–53. Marjorie Chibnall, ‘Matilda (c.1103–1152)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1]. Duggan, Anne (1997). Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference Held at King's College London, April 1995. The Boydell Press. Hilton, Lisa (2008). Queens Consort, England's Medieval Queens. Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nichelson. ISBN 978-0-7538-2611-9. Matthew, Donald (2002). King Stephen. Carnegie Publishing. This page was last edited on 6 January 2021, at 15:35 (UTC).
   
6. Title: Wikiwand: Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne
   Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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   Note: Matilda (c.1105 – 3 May 1152) was Countess of Boulogne from 1125 and Queen of England from the accession of her husband Stephen in 1136 until her death. Matilda supported Stephen in his struggle for the English throne against her cousin Empress Matilda. Queen Matilda played an unusually active role for a woman of the period when her husband was captured, and proved herself an effective general who managed to force the Empress to release Stephen. Under the agreement that settled the civil war, the Queen's children did not inherit the English throne. However, her three surviving children ruled Boulogne in turn as Eustace IV, William I, and Marie I. Background Matilda was born in Boulogne, France. Her father was Count Eustace III of Boulogne. Her mother, Mary, was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Through her maternal grandmother, Matilda was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Countess of Boulogne In 1125, Matilda married Stephen of Blois, Count of Mortain, who possessed a large honour in England. When Matilda's father abdicated and retired to a monastery the same year, this was joined with Boulogne and the similarly large English honour Matilda inherited. On Eustace III's death, Matilda and her husband became joint rulers of Boulogne. Two children, a son and a daughter, were born to the countess and count of Boulogne during the reign of King Henry I of England, who had granted them a residence in London. The son was named Baldwin, after Matilda's uncle King Baldwin I of Jerusalem. The daughter was named Matilda. Baldwin died in early childhood and the young Matilda is thought to have died during childhood too, although she lived long enough to be espoused to Waleran de Meulan, Earl of Worcester. Queenship On the death of Henry I of England in 1135, Stephen rushed to England, taking advantage of Boulogne's control of the closest seaports, and was crowned king, beating his rival, the Empress Matilda. Matilda of Boulogne was heavily pregnant at that time and crossed the Channel after giving birth to a son, William, who would one day succeed as count of Boulogne. Matilda was crowned queen at Easter, on 22 March 1136. Matilda was a supporter of the Knights Templar. She founded Cressing Temple in Essex in 1137 and Temple Cowley in Oxford in 1139. Like her predecessor, Matilda of Scotland, she had a close relationship with the Holy Trinity Priory at Aldgate. She took the prior as her confessor and two of her children were buried there. In the civil war that followed, known as the Anarchy, Matilda proved to be her husband's strongest supporter. When England was invaded in 1138, she called troops from Boulogne and its ally Flanders, and besieged Dover Castle with success and then went north to Durham, where she made a treaty with David I of Scotland in 1139. After Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, she rallied the king's partisans, and raised an army with the help of William of Ypres. While the Empress Matilda waited in London to prepare her coronation, Matilda and Stephen's brother Henry of Blois had her chased out of the city. The Empress Matilda went on to besiege Henry of Blois at Winchester. Matilda of Boulogne then commanded her army to attack the besiegers. There was a rout in which the Empress's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, was captured. The two Matildas then agreed to exchange prisoners and Stephen ruled as king again. Matilda died of a fever at Hedingham Castle, Essex, England, and is buried at Faversham Abbey, which she and her husband founded. Issue Stephen and Matilda had three sons: . Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, married Constance of France, no issue . Baldwin of Boulogne (d. before 1135) . William of Blois, Count of Mortain and Boulogne and Earl of Surrey, married Isabel de Warenne, no issue They also had two daughters: . Matilda of Boulogne, married Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, no issue . Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, married Matthew of Alsace, had issue
   
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8. Title: Matilda of Boulogne (1105-1152), Find a Grave
   Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8379146/matilda_of_boulogne link from husband
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   Note: BIRTH 1105 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France DEATH 3 May 1152 (aged 46–47) Castle Hedingham, Braintree District, Essex, England BURIAL Faversham Abbey (Defunct) Faversham, Swale Borough, Kent, England The Queen consort of King Stephen, she was the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Mary, Princess of Scotland. She married Stephen in 1125, and bore 5 children.
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9. Title: Matilda I (Boulogne) Blois on WikiTree
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Countess of Boulogne & Lens Matilda -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Bzvar01, Blois1
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