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| Stephen
(1096 - 1154)
| Timeline |
| 1096 |
Born the son of Stephen, Count of Blois, and Adela (daughter of William the Conqueror) |
| 1106 |
Sent the English court of his uncle, King Henry I |
| 1115 |
Becomes Count of Mortain |
| 1125 |
Marries Matilda, daughter of the Count of Boulogne |
| 1126 |
Henry compels Stephen and the rest of his barons to acknowledge the empress Matilda as their future ruler |
| 1135 |
Henry I of England dies, Stephen takes control of the treasury and lays claim to the throne |
| 1138 |
Robert, Earl of Gloucester, a half-brother of Matilda, joins with Matilda to unseat Stephen from the throne and install Matilda, sparking a full-fledged civil war (the Time of Anarchy) |
| 1139 |
To secure peace with Scotland, Stephen cedes Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland to David. David's son, Henry, is created Earl of Northumberland; Matilda and her forces land at Arundel |
| 1140 |
Stephen is captured while laying seige to Lincoln castle - he is imprisoned |
| 1141 |
Stephen's Queen, Matilda of Boulogne, raises an army and march to London, driving Matilda out; Stephen is released in exchange for Robert of Gloucester and is restored to the throne |
| 1144 |
Geoffrey of Anjou, the husband of the empress, completes the conquest of Normandy |
| 1148 |
With the death of Robert of Gloucester, Matilda leaves England |
| 1151 |
The pope forbids the English bishops to consecrate Eustace |
| 1152 |
Matilda's son, Henry Fitzempress (Plantagenet) attempts to take the English throne; Treaty of Wallingford - makes provision for the English crown to pass to Matilda's son, Henry |
| 1153 |
Treaty of Westminster - allows Stephen to remain King of England for life, states that Stephen had adopted Henry Plantagenet as his heir, and that Stephen's second son (William) inherits all Stephen's baronial lands; Stephen's eldest son, Eustace, dies |
| 1154 |
King Stephen dies on 25 October |
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