Stephen Henry married of Blois

France
Centre (RE) Loir-et-Cher (D)

Count of Blois and Chartres

Count (lay)

Male

wife: Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror Brother-in-law: Robert II of Normandy (First Crusader) Father: Theobald III of Blois Grandson: Henry I of Champagne (Second Crusader)

1st Crusade (1096-1099)

Stephen of Blois and Hugh of Vermandois

Certain

He gave a wood to the abbey of Marmoutier in compensation for former wrongs.

Adela of England

Fulcher of Chartres, Alexander (his chaplain), Grimoald of Maule, Hugh of Guernonatus, Joscelin of Courtenay, Ralph La Fontanelle

Survived

Stephen was said to have been a staunch supporter of the king of France before the First Crusade. On Stephen's journey east he met Pope Urban II, who gave his and Robert Curthose's army his blessing. Stephen travelled from Brindisi, through the Balkans to Constantinople, where he arrived on 14 May 1097. At Constantinople, Alexios even suggested that Stephen should send his son to be raised in the Byzantine court. At Nicaea, Stephen is believed to have estimated that Jerusalem was only five weeks march away. He deserted the crusade at Antioch on 2 June 1098 but later was forced to return to the east by his wife Adela.

J. A. Brundage, 'An Errant Crusader: Stephen of Blois', Traditio, vol. 16 (1960), pp. 380-395. VE, pp. 50, 101. RFC, p. 118. AA, passim.

Crusade of 1101

Stephen of Blois and Stephen I of Burgundy

Certain

Adela of England

Died

He survived the crusade and completed his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He assisted King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in fighting the Egyptians at Ramla. He was captured and executed by the Egyptians.

J. A. Brundage, 'An Errant Crusader: Stephen of Blois', Traditio, vol. 16 (1960), pp. 380-395. GF, passim. AA, passim. His deeds can be found in most First Crusade Chronicles.