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• Also Known As : Mary of Boulogne
• Occupation: Countess of Mortaigne and Abbess of Romsey
• Stories and Notes: Was abducted by Matthew of Flander.
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Mary married Count of Flanders Matthew in 1160 (Annulled). Matthew (son of Count of Flanders Thierry, III and Sibilla Plantagenet) died in 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Matilda, of Boulogne was born in 1162; died in 1211.

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• Occupation: Count of Mortain
• Occupation: Duke of Blois
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1135. A grandson of William the Conqueror, he was elected king in 1135, although he had previously recognized Henry I's daughter Matilda as heiress to the throne. Matilda landed in England in 1139, and civil war disrupted the country with fighting between Stephen and forces loyal to Matilda. Stephen was briefly taken prisoner and Matilda declared Queen until she was defeated at the Battle of Farringdon in 1145. In 1153 Stephen acknowledged Matilda's son, Henry II, as his own heir
• To Lady Kathleen: 25 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1135 to 1144; Duke of Normandy
• Occupation: 1135 to 1154; King of England

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Occupation:
He siezed the throne from Matilda who invaded England in 1139. The civil war that followed proved him a brave soldier but revealed his lack of political sense. In 1152, after much of the country had been ravaged in factional fighting and the roy al administration had broken down, Stephen recognized Matilda's son Henry as heir to the throne.

Stephen married Queen of England Matilda in 1125 in Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Matilda (daughter of Count of Boulogne Eustance, III and Princess of Scotland Mary) was born in 1104 in Boulogne, , , France; died on 3 May 1152 in Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: 25 x great grandmother
• Occupation: 1135 - 1141; Queen of England
• Occupation: 1125 - 1152; Countess of Boulogne

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• Occupation: Count of Blois, Champaigne, Chartres and Tourain, Count of Meaux.
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Died:
A crusader under Godfrey de Bouillon, who fell, gallantly fighting against the Infidels at Rames in the Battle of Ascalon

Stephen married Adela, of Blois in 1081. Adela (daughter of King of England William, I, the Conqueror and Matilda, of Flanders) was born in 1067 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
• Occupation: 1102; She became a Nun at Cluniac Priory in widowhood

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• Occupation: Count of Boulogne
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Eustance married Princess of Scotland Mary in 1102. Mary (daughter of King of Scotland Malcolm Canmore, III and St. Margaret, of Scotland) died on 31 May 1116. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Princess of Scotland
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Occupation: Count of Blois & Chartres & Tourain & Anjou.
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Died:
was slain in battle by Godfrey Martel

Theobald married Barsende Von Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : William I, The Conqueror
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 25 December 1066. He was the illegitimate son of Duke Robert the Devil whom he succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1035. Claiming that his 2nd cousin King Edward the Confessor had bequeathed him the English throne, William invaded England in September 1066, defeating Harold II Godwineson at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. William's coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066. He completed the establishment of feudalism in England, compiling detailed records of land and property in the Domesday Book, and kept the barons firmly under control. He died in Rouen after a fall from his horse and is buried in Caen, France. He was succeeded by his son William II. William's early years were marked by violence and disorder. In 1046 his cousin, Guy of Burgundy, led a revolt which forced the young duke to seek the aid of his overlord, Henry I of France. With Henry's help, William defeated Guy at Val-és-Dunes, and firmly secured control over Normandy. In 1051–52 William and Henry besieged and captured Domfront castle and Alençon in Maine, France. Almost immediately afterwards, William, Count of Arques, rebelled against the duke with the support of Henry I, who was increasingly concerned about Normandy's growing power. William quickly besieged the rebel Arques-la-Bataille castle and it was surrendered to him in 1053. In 1054 Henry I and Geoffrey of Anjou invaded Normandy, but the annihilation of part of their force at Mortimer forced them to withdraw. Their second invasion, in 1057, was defeated at Varaville. In 1051 Edward the Confessor had nominated William as heir to the English throne, but when he died in January 1066 Harold (II) Godwinson was crowned. William immediately began preparations for an invasion of England. On 28 September his forces landed unopposed at Pevensey, Sussex. Harold was in the north of England defeating an invasion led by Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, but immediately marched south to meet William. Their armies clashed in the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. Harold was slain and William achieved a decisive victory. In 1067 William forcibly brought southwest England under his control. In 1068 he marched north and east to establish a number of strategic fortifications. In the summer of 1069 Swein Estrithson of Denmark landed with a considerable force in the Humber and was welcomed by the northern English earls who joined him in expelling the Norman garrison at York. William immediately marched north, destroying everything in his path, and reoccupied York. He undertook a systematic harrying of the north, setting his troops to kill and burn in order to leave nothing that could support future rebellion. The Danish fleet was bought off and departed. In 1072 William led an invasion that forced King Malcolm of Scotland to surrender hostages and swear fealty. In 1073 he was back in France suppressing rebellion in Maine. His regents dealt with a rebellion by the English earls in 1075, and in the latter years of his reign, William twice faced rebellion in Normandy led by his eldest son, Robert (II) Curthose. In 1087 William sacked the French-controlled town of Mantes in the Vexin. In the fighting he suffered a fatal internal injury after being thrown against the pommel of his saddle. He was taken to the priory of Saint-Gervais near Rouen where on 9 September he died.
• To Lady Kathleen: 27 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1035 to 1087; Duke of Normandy
• Occupation: 1066 to 1087; King of England

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Invaded England defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the establishment of feaudalism under which his followers were granted land in return f or pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnell especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.

William married Matilda, of Flanders in 1053. Matilda (daughter of Count of Flanders Baldwin, V and Princess of France Adela Capet) was born in 1028 in , , Flanders, Belgium; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, , Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : Malcolm III Caennmor, Bighead
• Occupation: King of Scotland
• Stories and Notes: Slew Macbeth in 1057
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Malcolm married St. Margaret, of Scotland in 1068 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, , Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. Margaret (daughter of Prince of England Edward and Agatha, of Germany) was born in 1045 in , , , Hungary; died on 16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Margaret, the Exile
• Stories and Notes: See Notes
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Stories and Notes:
In 1057 she arrived at the English court of Edward the Confessor. Ten years later she was in exile after William defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. She fled to Scotland where she was married against her wishes to King Malcolm to whom sh e bore six sons and two daughters. Her unlearned and boorish husband grew daily more graceful and Christian under the queen's graceful influence. Her remains were removed to Escorial Spain and her head Douai, France. Canonised 1250 and her feas t day is 16th November.