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Personal data Mathildis van Boulogne 

• She was born in the year 1103.Source 1
• She died on May 3, 1151, she was 48 years old.Source 1
• A child of Eustache III van Boulogne and Maria van Schotland
• This information was last updated on February 21, 2020.

Household of Mathildis van Boulogne

She is married to Stefanus van Blois koning van Engeland.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Maria van Boulogne  1125-< 1182 

Notes about Mathildis van Boulogne

Mathildis van Boulogne (Boulogne, ca. 1103 - Hevringham Castle, 3 mei 1151) was een dochter van Eustaas III van Boulogne en Maria van Schotland. Ze volgde haar vader op als gravin van Boulogne, samen met haar echtgenoot Stefanus van Blois (koning van Engeland, 1135-1154).

Mathildis en Stefanus hadden de volgende kinderen:

* graaf Eustaas IV van Boulogne
* graaf Willem I van Boulogne
* gravin Maria van Boulogne.
[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathildis_van_Boulogne]

She was born in Boulogne, France, the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and his wife Mary of Scotland, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Matilda was first cousin of her husband's rival, Empress Matilda. 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 Stephen and Matilda 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 some scholars state that she lived long enough to be espoused to the count of Milan.[1]

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 was heavily pregnant at that time and crossed the Channel after gaving birth to a son, Eustace, who would one day succeed her as Count of Boulogne. Matilda was crowned queen at Easter - 22 March 1136.[1]

In the civil war that followed, known as the Anarchy, Matilda proved to be her husband's strongest supporter. After he was captured at the Battle of Lincoln she rallied the king's partisans, and raised an army with the help of William of Ypres. Empress Matilda was besieging Stephen's brother Henry of Blois, but she, in turn, besieged the Empress, driving her away and capturing the Empress's brother, Robert of Gloucester.

Around 1125, her father died and she succeeded as Countess of Boulogne. She ruled this area jointly with her husband until 1150, when she reigned alone until 1151, when the County was given to her eldest son Eustace, then her surviving son William inherited it, and then her daughter Marie[citation needed].

Matilda died of a fever at Hedingham Castle, Essex, England and is buried at Faversham Abbey, which was founded by her and her husband.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Boulogne]

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