Geoffrey II "the Bearded", Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine, Count of Verdun

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• Title(s): From 1044 to 1046; He was the Duke of Upper Lorraine.
• Title(s): From 1065 to 1069; He was the Duke of Lower Lorraine.

Family/Spouse: Doda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Blessed Ida of Boulogne. She was the heiress of Bouillon.
• Last Full Review: 9 Dec 2020

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Ida married Eustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and Lens in Dec 1057. Eustace (son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne and Matilda of Louvain) was born about 1020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1093. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1125;

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Birth: Weis (1976) gives his birth as about 1105.

Death: Weis (1976) states he died in 1157.

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In later life he became a monk.

Military:
He went on the First Crusade.

Eustace married Mary, Princess of Scotland in 1102. Mary (daughter of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) died on 31 May 1116; was buried in Bermondsey Abbey, Southwark, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: Between 1096 and 1099;

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Military:
He was a leader of the first Crusade.

Died:
He died without issue.

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• Military: Between 1096 and 1099;

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He was also the Count of Edessa.

Military:
He was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.

Died:
He died without issue.

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• Religion: say 1090; Ida was always religiously and charitably active, but the death of her husband provided her wealth and the freedom to use it for her projects. She founded several monasteries: Saint-Wulmer in Boulogne-sur-Mer Our Lady of the Chapel, Calais Saint-Bertin Abbey of Cappelle Abbey of Le Wast She maintained a correspondence with Anselm of Canterbury. Some of Anselm's letters to Ida have survived. She became increasingly involved in church life. However, current scholarship feels that she did not actually become a Benedictine Nun, but that she was a "Secular Oblate of the Benedictine Order".

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Buried:
Traditionally, her burial place has been ascribed to the monastery of Le Wast. Her remains were moved in 1669 to Paris and again in 1808 to Bayeux.

Family/Spouse: Herman von Malsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Conon, Count of Montaigu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 1125; In 1125 she became the Countess of Boulogne.
• Crowned: 22 Mar 1136, Westminster Abbey, London, England; On 22 March 1136 she was crowned Queen Consort in Westminster Abbey.
• Military: 1141; After Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, she rallied the king's partisans, and raised an army with the help of William of Ypres. While the Empress Matilda waited in London to prepare her coronation, Matilda and Stephen's brother Henry of Blois had her chased out of the city. The Empress Matilda went on to besiege Henry of Blois at Winchester. Matilda of Boulogne then commanded her army to attack the besiegers. There was a rout in which the Empress's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, was captured. The two Matildas then agreed to exchange prisoners and Stephen ruled as king again.
• Last Full Review: 17 Jul 2020

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Death: Stuart (2002) gives her death as 3 July 1151 in Faversham, England.

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Buried:
Her tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.

Died:
She died of a fever.

Matilda married Stephen of Blois, King of England in 1125 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Stephen (son of Stephen III, Count of Blois and Adele of Normandy, Princess of England) was born in 1095/96 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 25 Oct 1154 in Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]