Stephen of England [~1096-1154] -- English monarch, King of England
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King of England (1135-1154)
Duke of Normandy (1135-1144 deposed)
Duke of Blois
Count of Mortain
Count of Bologne
Duke of Normandy (1135-1144 deposed)
Duke of Blois
Count of Mortain
Count of Bologne
a/k/a
Blois, Stephen ofEtiénne de Blois
During the reign of Stephen of Blois, property rights were once again pushed aside at the whims of the lords. The "nineteen long winters" of Stephen's administration saw excessive taxation, land usurpation, and abuses of the Coronation Charter in order that the lords might take up sides in the struggle between Stephen and his cousin Matilda over the English throne.(11) Stephen was unsuited for rule, and during his reign "... the countryside was ravaged, crops were destroyed, cattle were driven off. It was, as a chronicler put it, a time when 'Christ and his saints slept'".(12)Source: The Governance of Real Property in England From Henry I to the Second Reiteration of Magna Carta
Lord Madoc Arundel, CACM, PCS
mka: Christopher T.C. Miller, MA
Shire of Lost Moor
(http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/land_law.html)
When the white ship was wrecked on the deadly rock a boat was launched and
William, the King's only legitimate son, was rowed to safety. The cries of
his half-sister the Countess of Perche induced him to return to the wreck
where they sank together. This was considered by some to be punishment for
Henry's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring.
[Tompsett, op cit]
Chronology |
1135-1144 | Duke of Normandy |
1135-1154 | King of England |
Bookmarks (off-site links) |
- Works by
- Works about
- Biographical
- Specific periods, events, aspects
- Empress Matilda and Stephen of Boulogne comparing their claims on the crown
- Stephen's Claim to the Throne "Journal of Ancient and Medieval History at Dickson College"
- Stephen & Matilda
- King Stephen
- King Stephen Blois of England (1104-1154)
- STEPHEN
- Stephen England (Kings and Queens of England)
- Stephen King of England
- Stephen: British Monarchs
- The British Monarchy The Royal UK site. Stephen was the last of the Norman kings.
- The Housees of Normandy & Blois
- The Reign of Stephen I (1135-1154)
- Specific periods, events, aspects
- Genealogy
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
- Biographical
- Historical context, background
- Residences
- Britannia: Wreck of the White Ship This maritime disaster changed the course of history by killing off King Henry's son, Prince William. The succession was then up for grabs, as they say. Two claimants, cousins, squabbled over it on Henry's death in 1135, causing a localized 20-year civil war.
- Monarchs of Britain
- CG Nelson History Summary a chronology
- Middle English Period
- Gallery
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