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  Count of Boulogne
Boulogne later became influential in the history of England, when Eustace II accompanied William the Conqueror's invasion in 1066.
Boulogne was also a major participant in the First Crusade; Eustace III's brothers Godfrey and Baldwin both became king of Jerusalem, and Eustace himself was offered but declined the title.
Count Renaud joined the imperial side at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, and was defeated by Philip II of France.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/count_of_boulogne   (320 words)

  
 Sheila Rae Boughner - Elizabeth Bourne
Count Eustace III of Boulogne was born in 1080.
Count Eustace of Boulogne was born in 1004.
Parents: Count Francois of Vendome and Countess Marie of Luxembourg.
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 Count   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
From the start the count was in military charge of a locality, a county, his main rival for power being the bishop, whose diocese was often coterminous.
A count or earl is often a courtesy title for the eldest son of a duke.
In Italy, all the sons of a count are counts (''contini''); in the United Kingdom stringent rules apply.
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 History of the Counts of Harnes
The new count took advantage of the chaos wrought by Viking invaders and made himself a margrave, the title of a count of several counties, by forcefully subjecting many of the neighboring nobles.
Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol and Constable of France (beheaded in 1475), the husband of the heiress of Ghistelle.
Although Englebert II was named Count of Harnes by Francis I of France, he served as vassal to both the King of France and the King of Spain.
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 Matthew VON LOTHRINGEN , Count of Boulogne, Count of Flanders & Mary OF BOULOGNE , Countess of Mortaigne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Matthew VON LOTHRINGEN, Count of Boulogne, Count of Flanders and Mary OF BOULOGNE, Countess of Mortaigne
Stephen, King of England, Duke of Blois and Normandy, Count of Mortain and Boulogne
Matthew VON LOTHRINGEN, Count of Boulogne, Count of Flanders
mckague.com /genealogy/ancestors/WC108/WC108_429.HTM   (39 words)

  
 Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Our 36th Great-grandparents' Generation
Otto I "The Illustrious", Count of Thuringia, Duke of Saxony
(# 328200282868 = Otto I "The Illustrious", Count of Thuringia, Duke of Saxony)
Eberhard III Eticonides, of Alsace, Count of the Nordgau
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 Boulogne Cathedral, Old Town & Walls
Boulogne cathedral was rebuilt in the 19th century as a symbol of the revival of the French Catholic Church after the Revolution, in which the old cathedral and so many other churches were closed and destroyed.
The château strengthens the weakest landward-facing corner of the town's defensive walls - built in the 13th century by the Counts of Boulogne, on the foundations of earlier Roman walls.
Boulogne's harbour in the estuary of the River Liane was the base from which the Roman emperor Cladius successfully invaded Britain in AD43-45, as well as for Julius Caesar's brief expeditions in 55 and 54BC.
www.theotherside.co.uk /tm-heritage/visit/visit-boulogne-oldtown.htm   (842 words)

  
 Calais history
The plate with the arms of Jerusalem recalls Godefroy de Bouillon, count of Boulogne, to which Calais belonged.
The Calais flag is the one that floated on the former belfry, at the head of the burgher militia and on the mastheads of the privateer vessels of the City.
Under the feudal control of the counts of Flanders, boulogne and Artois, the harbour improved and sheltered a nest of corsairs hunting the British boats that adventured in its waters.
www.calais.ws /History.html   (1659 words)

  
 Boulogne: Château Musée & old town walls
You are walking through the gates of Boulogne's medieval Château-Musée, crossing the high and narrow stone bridge across the moat, and looking up at its towering stone walls.
The castle was built in the 13th century as the stronghold of the Count of Boulogne, who effectively ruled this area in the Middle Ages when the French kingdom was much weaker and fragmented.
Boulogne has the largest French collection of antique Greek and Etruscan vases after the Louvre.
www.theotherside.co.uk /tm-heritage/visit/visit-boulogne-chateau.htm   (396 words)

  
 Eustace, Count of Boulogne
1093), countof Boulogne, was the husband of Goda, daughter of the Englishking Aethelred the Unready, and aunt of Edward the Confessor.Eustace paid a visit to England in 1051, and was honourablyreceived at the Confessor's court.
On the death ofEustace lll, the county of Boulogne came to his daughter,Matilda, and her husband Stephen, count of Blois, afterwards kingof England, And in 1150 it was given to their son, Eustace IV.
He was severaltimes used by the king as an opponent to the claims on the duchymade by the counts of Anjou.
www.mnbeef.org /Eustace/Counteustace.html   (983 words)

  
 Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Boulogne
Count Eustache fought together with Duke William I "The Conqueror" of Normandy at the battle of Hastings in 1066.
His succession as Duke was disputed by his cousin Albert III, Count of Namur, but at first neither contender won, because he German King Heinrich IV appointed his own two year-old son Conrad as the new Duke, clearly demonstrating that Lower-Lorraine had lost its significance as a political entity.
Mathilde was heiress to the County of Boulogne.
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 File 100: Ancestors of Paul Bailey MCBRIDE
Son of Baldwin II of Boulogne Count of Boulogne (976-1033) and Adele of Holland
Son of Eustace II of Boulogne Count of Boulogne (1030-1080) and Ida of Lorraine (1040-1113)
Frederick I of Luxemburg Count of Luxemburg (965-1019) [Pedigree]
virts.rootsweb.com /~pmcbride/rfc/gw100.htm   (1029 words)

  
 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
She was married to Hugues II Count Of Upper ALSACE [Count of Tours].
Parents: Hugues II Count Of Upper ALSACE [Count of Tours] and Ava Countess of Upper ALSACE [Countess of TourF.
Parents: Matthieu D' ALSACE [COUNT OF BOULOGNE] and Marie Countess Of MORTAIN and BOULOGNE [ABBESS OF ROMSEY].
bailey.aros.net /jsbailey/d18.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Eustache the Monk: Introduction
1212 King John forms an alliance with the Count of Boulogne, Otto IV of Germany, and Ferdinand of Portugal with the aim of fighting Philip Augustus, but the plan is abandoned due to lack of baronial support and rebellion in Wales.
The victories are short-lived as John's coalition of forces -- Otto IV, the Counts of Flanders, Boulogne, Holland, Brabant, and Limburg, and the Duke of Lorraine -- are soundly defeated at the battle of Bouvines.
When the count meets the potter, he is crying "Pots for sale!" and tricks the count into believing that the coal-man, with whom he has switched identities, is really Eustache the Monk.
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/eustint.htm   (2491 words)

  
 Romantic Couples: King Stephen & Matilda of Boulogne
Born around 1096, the son of Adela (daughter of William the Conqueror) and Stephen, Count of Blois, he was sent to his Uncle Henry's (King Henry I) court in England as a young boy after his father died in the Holy Land.
Matilda was the daughter of Eustace, Count of Boulogne and Mary, daughter of Malcolm Canmore, King of the Scots and his wife Margaret, of the royal house of Wessex.
As Count and Countess of Boulogne they spent at least some of their time there as well as in England.
www.triviumpublishing.com /articles/romanticcouples1.html   (1170 words)

  
 Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc.
The first two Counts of Edessa became Kings of Jerusalem, and subsequent Counts were their cousins.
The first Count of Tripoli, Raymond, was the Count of Toulouse and was never actually in possession of Tripoli.
The genealogy of the Counts is given with that of Toulouse.
www.friesian.com /outremer.htm   (13741 words)

  
 rea genealogy - pafg31 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Anna Jaroslavna of Kiev, Princess of Kiev was born in 1024.
Lambert Josceline II, Count of Brabant And Louvain [Parents] was born about 952 in Louvain, Brabant, France.
Eustace I, Count de Boulogne [Parents] was born about 1004 in Boulogne, Vendee, France.
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 Matthew* Of Alsace Count Of Boulogne & Mary* Of Boulogne Countess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Matthew* Of Alsace Count Of Boulogne and Mary* Of Boulogne Countess
Thierry* Of Alsace DE LORRAINE Count Of Flanders
Count Of Boulogne In Right Of His Wife, Count Of Flanders
www.mostyn.com /Genealogy/Father/Family/WC10/WC10_445.HTM   (30 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Godfrey of Bouillon
Duke of Lower Lorraine and first King of Jerusalem, son of Eustache II, Count of Boulogne, and of Ida, daughter of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine; b.
As a vassal of the German Empire Godfrey took sides with the army of Henry IV in the War of the Investitures and followed the emperor on his expedition to Italy against Gregory VII (1080-1084).
In the interval he was compelled to return in order to defend his possessions which had been attacked by the Count of Namur, and about 1089 Henry IV restored to him the legacy of Godfrey the Hunchback by creating him Duke of Lower Lorraine.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06624b.htm   (1875 words)

  
 Eustache the Monk
The Monk was in the service of the Count of Boulogne and rendered to him an accounting in all matters.
Summary: Eustache leads the Count of Boulogne and seven of his knights into an ambush set by thirty of Eustache's men.
One of the Count's men (a sergeant) burns with passion for this slut in the forest, but he is quickly disabused of his desire after he loses his two horses.
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/eustache.htm   (4597 words)

  
 File 1a - From 1095 to 1400AD - Merchants and Bankers Listings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Eustace II Bouillon Count Boulogne, (died 1081), came from Boulogne, coastal France, or, Aux Grenons, His father was Eustace I Bouillon Count Boulogne and Matilda/Maud Hainault.
The son of this Raymond and Urraca was the famous Alfonso VII of Portugal (1105-1157), Alfonso Henriques, who had three wives: Berengaria/Berenguela Borrell of Barcelona, daughter of a Count of Barcelona; Matilda of Savoy; and Ryska of Poland, daughter of Vladislav II of Poland and Agnes Hohenstaufer.
Nicephorus Angelos the despot of Epirus is aided by Florenz of Hainault Prince of Archaia and Richard Count Cephalonia.
www.danbyrnes.com.au /merchants/merchants1a.htm   (13791 words)

  
 Welcome to WWW.BeMentFamily.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Count of Blois Theobald, born ABT 1102; died 1152.
Oplaendinge, Jarl of the Uplands of Norway) was born ABT 1102, and died 1152.
Count of Nantes Goeffrey, born 1134; died 1158.
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 All My Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
She was married to GISELBERT Count of Darnau in 846.
She was married to FREDERICK I Count of Luxembourg in 985.
Children were: LAMBERT OF BOULOGNE Count of Lens.
home.earthlink.net /~artdugan/d11.htm   (686 words)

  
 Articles - William of Blois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William of Blois (c.1137-October 11, 1159) was Count of Boulogne (1153-1159) and Earl of Surrey (1153-1159).
When his elder brother, Eustace IV of Boulogne, died in 1153, William was passed over in the succession to England.
He was succeeded as Count of Boulogne by his sister Marie.
www.gaple.com /articles/William_of_Blois?mySession=b0b72728ee936d5d143c6ad842cb8b3e   (334 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
For many years, relations between Eustace and the count of Boulogne, Renaud of Dammartin, seem to have been good, for when Renaud left Boulogne to serve in the French royal army that conquered Normandy, Anjou, and Maine in 1202-3, Eustace remained in Boulogne as the count's seneschal.
The Monk then served the count and gave him account of everything; he was the seneschal of the county of Boulogne, peer and bailiff, which was his right.
A castle and prison of the counts of Boulogne.
www.unl.edu /peerrev/examples/shopkow/eustace.htm   (15330 words)

  
 I1361: Eustace Count Of Boulogne ( - )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Eustace Count Of Boulogne and Mary Caenmor had the following children
Descendants of Eustace Count Of Boulogne and Mary Caenmor
1 Matilda Of Boulogne = Stephen King Of England
web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0005/I1361.html   (29 words)

  
 Eustace II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Eustace was the father of Eustace III, who was in turn father of Matilda, wife of King Stephen of England.
1153, count of Boulogne, fought unsuccessfully against Geoffrey IV of Anjou, husband of Henry I's daughter Matilda, in Normandy.
In 1152 Eustace was recognized as Stephen's successor by some of the English barons, but Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, fled the country rather than crown him.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/e/eustace2.asp   (339 words)

  
 OSU-M Faculty/Staff Directory
The Case of Queen Matilda III of England (1136-52)," in Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lady and Lord, eds.
Boulogne and Politics in northern France and England, c.879-1160 (Brill Academic Publishers, 2004).
She is currently working on a book concerning female inheritance and governance in thirteenth-century Picardy and Flanders.
www.mansfield.osu.edu /directory/details.cfm?recordID=51   (259 words)

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