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unusual facts about County of Boulogne



Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois

Eleanor was Countess of Vermandois in her own right and was Countess of Ostervant, Nevers, Auxerre, Boulogne and Beaumont by her various marriages.


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Eustace III, Count of Boulogne

On his death the county of Boulogne was inherited by his daughter, Matilda, and her husband Stephen de Blois, count of Mortain, afterwards king of England, and at the death of Matilda in 1152 it was inherited by their son, Eustace IV of Boulogne, later their second son William and ultimately by their daughter Marie of Boulogne, since both sons died without children.