Biography of Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester was born to Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 1045-1102 and Adela Normandy Countess Blois 1067-1137. She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1080 [her father] Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 1045-1102 (age 35) and [her mother] Adela Normandy Countess Blois 1067-1137 (age 13) were married at Chartres [Map]. She by marriage Countess Blois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 52) and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 68) and . They were third cousins.

In 1089 [her grandfather] Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 77) died. His son [her father] Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 1045-1102 (age 44) succeeded II Count Blois.

On 19 May 1102 [her father] Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 1045-1102 (age 57) died. His son [her brother] William "Simple" Blois Count Blois Count Chartres 1085-1150 (age 17) succeeded Count Blois, Count Chartres.

In 1107 [her future husband] Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester (age 13) succeeded 2nd Earl Chester. Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester by marriage Countess Chester.

In or before 1120 Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester (age 26) and Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester were married. She the daughter of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 1045-1102 and Adela Normandy Countess Blois 1067-1137 (age 52). He the son of Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and . They were half second cousins. She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Sinking of The White Ship

Florence of Worcester Continuation. 1120 and 1121. Shipwreck of king Henry's children. Henry, king of England, having successfully accomplished all his designs, returned from Normandy to England. His son William (age 16), hastening to follow him, embarked in company with a great number of nobles, knights, women, and boys. Having left the harbour and put out to sea, encouraged by the extraordinary calmness of the weather, shortly afterwards the ship in which they were sailing struck on a rock and was wrecked, and all on board were swallowed up by the waves, except one churl, who, as it is reported, was not worthy of being named, but by the wonderful mercy of God, escaped alive. Of those who perished, those of highest rank were, William, the king's son, [her husband] Richard (age 26), earl of Chester, [her brother-in-law] Othiel, his brother, William Bigod (age 27), Geoffrey Riddel, Walter d'Evereux, Geoffrey, archdeacon of Hereford, the king's daughter, the countess of Perche, the king's niece, the countess of Chester, and many more who are omitted for brevity's sake. This disaster horrified and distressed the mind of the king, who reached England after a safe voyage, and of all who heard of it, and struck them with awe at the mysterious decrees of a just God.

Note 1. Ordericus Vitalis, in his twelfth book, c. xxv., gives a particular account of the shipwreck of the Blanche Nef; which is also mentioned, with more or less detail, by Huntingdon, Malmesbury, and other chroniclers.

On 25 Nov 1120 the White Ship left Barfleur, Basse Normandie, with a party of young Normans. [her uncle] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 52) had left earlier on another ship. A mile out the White Ship foundered on a submerged rock. William Adelin Normandy Duke Normandy (age 17), his half-siblings Richard Fitzroy (age 19) and Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche -1120, William Bigod (age 27), Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester, brothers Geoffrey Aigle and Engenulf Aigle, half-brothers [her husband] Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester (age 26) and [her brother-in-law] Ottiwel Avranches, brothers Ivo Grandesmil and William Grandesmil and Geoffrey Ridel were all drowned.

Family Trees of Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Paternal Family Tree: Blois

Maternal Family Tree: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

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Royal Ancestors of Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings England: Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Ancestors of Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Father: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 1045-1102

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Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120 Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy 932-996

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sprota Unknown

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Unknown Unknown

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Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy

GrandFather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva

Great x 1 Grandmother: Herleva Falaise

Mother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois 1067-1137 Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin III Count Flanders 940-962

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnulf II Count Flanders 960-987

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders 980-1035

Great x 4 Grandfather: Berengar II King of Italy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rozala of Italy 950-1003

Great x 4 Grandmother: Willa Bosonids Queen Consort Italy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Nordgau

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders -1036

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heribert I Count Gleiberg Gleiburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Gleiburg

GrandMother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh I King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King France

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Capet Duchess Normandy 1009-1079

Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France 986-1034

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia 940-1026

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou