NameStephen (Etienne-Henri) Count of Blois
Birth1046, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
Death13 Jul 1102, Battle of Ramleh, Holy Land
FatherTheobald III Count of Blois (1012-1089)
Misc. Notes
Stephen, Count of Blois and Chartres, "had acquired European notoriety by running away from Antioch during the First Crusade." {-"The Plantagenet Chronicles," ed. by Elizabeth Hallam (N.Y.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, p.69).} He was Count, 1089-1102; he died in a Saracen prisoner during the Crusade.

Count of Champagne, Brie, Blois, and Chartres, a leader
of the First Crusade, 1096.

References: [Theroff],[AR7],[Paget1],[Baronage1]
Spouses
Birth1062, Normandy, France
Death8 Mar 1137, Marcigny-sur-loire, France
MotherMatilda of Flanders (1032-1083)
Marriage1081, Breteuil, Eure, France
ChildrenStephen (1097-1154)
 Thibaut (The Great) (1088-1152)
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