King Stephen

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King Stephen was the 12th-century King of England whose contested reign (1135–1154) during a civil war known as The Anarchy marked a turbulent period of dynastic struggle.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic ⓘ
human ⓘ
king of England ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
noble ⓘ
birthDate c. 1092 ⓘ
c. 1096 ⓘ
birthName Stephen of Blois ⓘ
birthPlace Blois ⓘ
County of Blois ⓘ
child Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne ⓘ
Marie of Boulogne ⓘ
William of Blois ⓘ
conflict The Anarchy ⓘ
coronationDate 1135-12-26 ⓘ
coronationPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1154-10-25 ⓘ
deathPlace Dover ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
dynasty House of Blois ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
father Stephen II, Count of Blois ⓘ
givenName Stephen ⓘ
house House of Blois ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
mother Adela of Normandy ⓘ
name Stephen of Blois ⓘ
nobleTitle Count of Mortain ⓘ
notableEvent Treaty of Winchester (1153) ⓘ
usurpation of the English throne in 1135 ⓘ
notableFor contested reign during The Anarchy ⓘ
opponent Empress Matilda ⓘ
Henry, son of Empress Matilda (later Henry II) ⓘ
placeOfBurial Faversham Abbey ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Boulogne ⓘ
Duke of Normandy ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
predecessor Henry I of England ⓘ
reignEnd 1154 ⓘ
reignStart 1135 ⓘ
relative Henry I of England ⓘ
William the Conqueror ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Theobald II, Count of Champagne ⓘ
spouse Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne ⓘ
successor Henry II of England ⓘ

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Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matilda I of Boulogne → spouse → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester → allegiance → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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The Anarchy → conflictWith → reign of King Stephen ⓘ
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The Leper of Saint Giles → setDuringReignOf → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Hugh Beringar → loyalTo → King Stephen ⓘ
Theobald of Bec → appointedAsArchbishopOfCanterburyBy → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Theobald of Bec → conflictWith → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Earls of Pembroke → monarchWhoCreated → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Stephen–Matilda conflict → mainBelligerent → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Treaty of Wallingford → mainProponent → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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siege of Oxford (1142) → hasParticipant → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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siege of Oxford (1142) → commandedBy → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Battle of Lincoln (1141) → commander → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Battle of Lincoln (1141) → opponentOf → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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William of Aumale → allegiance → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Robert of Gloucester → opponent → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Henry, Bishop of Winchester → supported → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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John Marshal → allegiance → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Theobald II, Count of Champagne → sibling → Stephen of Blois, King of England ⓘ
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Historia Novella → associatedWith → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Faversham Abbey → foundedBy → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Faversham Abbey → burialPlaceOf → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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William of Blois → associatedWith → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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William I, Count of Boulogne → nobleFamilyConnection → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Wallingford Castle → controlledBy → King Stephen ⓘ
William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln → monarch → King Stephen of England ⓘ
subject linked to: Earls of Lincoln
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2nd Earl of Gloucester → heldTitleFrom → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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2nd Earl of Gloucester → activeDuringReignOf → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke → supportedFaction → King Stephen during The Anarchy ⓘ
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Henry of Blois → sibling → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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William de Corbeil → coronated → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Earl of Norfolk → governingMonarchAtFirstCreation → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex → supported → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex → opponent → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex → wasGrantedTitleBy → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex → heldOfficeDuringReignOf → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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St Katharine’s by the Tower, London → foundedBy → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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Hugh de Puiset → uncle → King Stephen of England ⓘ
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