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unusual facts about Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne


Eustace of Boulogne

Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (c. 1130–1153), Count of Boulogne and son and heir of Stephen of England


Brother Cadfael's Penance

Stephen's eldest son Eustace died in 1153 a month after the encounter at Wallingford, and his son William was settled in Normandy, not considered for succession after his father.

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne

She outlived Madeleine by five years but died childless, after which the Counties of Auvergne and Boulogne as well as the barony of La Tour passed to Madeleine's daughter Catherine de' Medici and then to the French Crown.

Marie I, Countess of Boulogne

Marie I or Mary (1136 – 25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, France) was the suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170.

Revolt of 1173–74

The Young King and his French mentor created a wide alliance against Henry II by promising land and revenues in England and Anjou to the Counts of Flanders, Boulogne, and Blois.


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