Biography of Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne 1136-1182
In 1125 [her father] King Stephen I England (age 31) and [her mother] Matilda Flanders (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 58). He a grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1136 Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne was born to King Stephen I England (age 42) and Matilda Flanders (age 31). She a great granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 03 May 1152 [her mother] Matilda Flanders (age 47) died. Her son [her brother] Eustace Blois IV Count Boulogne (age 22) succeeded IV Count Boulogne.
On 25 Oct 1154 [her father] King Stephen I England (age 60) died at Priory of St Martin, Dover [Map]. His first cousin once removed King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 21) succeeded II King England.
In 1159 [her brother] William Blois I Count Boulogne (age 22) died. His sister Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 23) succeeded I Countess Boulogne.
Around 1160 [her daughter] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne was born to [her husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1160 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24) were married. He the son of Thierry Metz Count Flanders (age 61) and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders (age 48). They were third cousins. She a great granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1160 [her husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne abducted Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24).
Letters. 1168. Letter V. Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 32) to Louis VII King Franks (age 48).
Let it be known to your highness that Henry, king of England (age 34) has sent his ambassadors to the emperor. It is certain that he has for the most part, succeeded in obtaining what he wished; for the emperor shews himself kindly disposed to the king, and his (the king's) ambassadors being on their return, he has not hesitated to send his own with them to him, which he thought the best course, lest the aforesaid king should doubt whether he was sincere in his assistance against you. The returning ambassadors passed through my territories, and I spoke with them, and well I perceived from their words that the English king ceases not, day nor night, to devise mischief against you. Wherefore I thought it fitting to send to your grace, and to give you the necessary forewarning, that you may take counsel with your wise men, and act as is most fitting, lest the impetuous presumption of the fraudulent king should inflict violent injury upon you. Fare you well.
In 1170 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 34) were divorced.
In 1170 [her daughter] Maud Metz was born to [her husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 34). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1173 [her former husband] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne died. His daughter [her daughter] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 13) succeeded Countess Boulogne.
Philip Metz and Elizabeth Capet were married. She the daughter of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers. He the son of Thierry Metz Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders. They were third cousin once removed.
Philip Metz and Theresa Burgundy Duchess Burgundy were married. She the daughter of Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Thierry Metz Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders. They were fourth cousins.
Kings Wessex: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 4
Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal x 1
Blanche Capet Queen Navarre x 1
Maria Reginar Queen Consort France x 1
Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France x 1
Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France x 1
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre x 1
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France x 1
Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress x 1
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Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg x 1
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden x 1
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France x 1
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France x 2
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile x 2
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford x 1
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England x 1
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 4
Charlotte Savoy Queen Consort France x 2
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden x 1
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress x 2
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile x 6
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 4
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre x 6
Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 1
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 7
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 14
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 11
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 17
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 17
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 4
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 4
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 4
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress x 1
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 5
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Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 18
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 21
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 7
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 7
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 7
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 13
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 13
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 9
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 9
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 9
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 18
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway x 2
Frederick VII King Denmark x 27
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 18
King Christian IX of Denmark x 3
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 18
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 10
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 54
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 54
Frederick Charles I King Finland x 18
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Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 54
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 54
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 54
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 55
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain x 2
Constantine II King Hellenes x 2
Carl XVI King Sweden x 113
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo Blois I Count Blois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Odo Blois II Count Blois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conrad I King Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Welf Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Blois
Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Auvergne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois
GrandFather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Maine II Count Maine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Maine III Count Maine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandmother: Unamed Penthièvre Countess Maine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gersenda Maine Countess Blois
Father: King Stephen I England Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany
Great x 1 Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva
Great x 2 Grandmother: Herleva Falaise
GrandMother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf II Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rozala of Italy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Gleiburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh I King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Capet Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia
Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf Flanders III Count Boulogne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders II Count Boulogne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf Gerulfing Count Holland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelina Gerulfing Countess Boulogne and Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Luitgarde Luxemburg Countess Holland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginar Reginar III Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lambert "Bearded" Reginar I Count Louvain
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Equisheim Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine
GrandFather: Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey "The Prisoner" Ardennes I Count Verdun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gothelo Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine Duke Upper Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Billung Countess Flanders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Godfrey "Bearded" Ardennes III Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ida Ardennes Countess Boulogne
Mother: Matilda Flanders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duncan "The Sick" I King Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Malcolm III King Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland
GrandMother: Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Æthelred "Unready" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ealdgyth Unknown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agatha