Henry of Blois

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Henry of Blois was a powerful 12th-century Bishop of Winchester and influential English statesman, notable as the brother of King Stephen and a major political and ecclesiastical figure of the period.

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Label Occurrences
Henry of Blois canonical 5
Hugh of Blois 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bishop of Winchester ⓘ
English statesman ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval nobleman ⓘ
appointedAbbotOfGlastonbury 1126 ⓘ
appointedBishopOfWinchester 1129 ⓘ
burialPlace Winchester Cathedral ⓘ
conflict The Anarchy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1096 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 8 August 1171 ⓘ
educatedAt Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy ⓘ
linked to: Cluny Abbey

Cluny Abbey ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
familyName of Blois ⓘ
father Stephen II, Count of Blois ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
knownFor artistic and architectural patronage ⓘ
being brother of King Stephen of England ⓘ
political influence during the Anarchy ⓘ
role as mediator between King Stephen and Empress Matilda ⓘ
wealth and power within the English Church ⓘ
memberOf House of Blois ⓘ
mother Adela of Normandy ⓘ
nativeLanguage Old French ⓘ
notableWork commissioning of the Winchester Bible ⓘ
construction of Bishop’s Waltham Palace ⓘ
construction of Wolvesey Castle ⓘ
development of Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
patronage of Romanesque art and architecture in Winchester ⓘ
rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral ⓘ
support for Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
occupation abbot ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
placeOfBirth Blois ⓘ
County of Blois ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of England ⓘ
Winchester ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Winchester ⓘ
abbot of Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
papal legate in England ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling King Stephen of England ⓘ
linked to: King Stephen

Theobald II, Count of Champagne ⓘ
termAsBishopOfWinchesterEnded 1171 ⓘ
uncle Henry I of England ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Hospital of St Cross → foundedBy → Henry of Blois ⓘ
Henry, Bishop of Winchester → name → Henry of Blois ⓘ
Adela of Normandy → child → Henry of Blois ⓘ
Old Bishop’s Palace → builtFor → Henry of Blois ⓘ
House of Blois → notableMember → Hugh of Blois ⓘ
linked to: Henry of Blois
Hugh de Puiset → uncle → Henry of Blois ⓘ