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Male 1084 - 1160  (76 years)


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  • Name de Blois, WIlliam  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 1084  Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Alternate Birth 1087  Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Appointments / Titles Between 1102 and 1107  Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Count of Blois 
    Appointments / Titles Between 1102 and 1107  Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Count of Chartres 
    Appointments / Titles 1104  Sully, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Count of Sully 
    Nickname Guillaume 
    FSID LZD1-94T  [1, 3, 6] 
    Death 11 Oct 1160  Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Burial 21 Oct 1160  Montmorillon, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Person ID I34194  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father de Blois, Étienne,   b. 1045, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1102, Ramee, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother de Normandie, Adèle,   b. 1065, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1137, Marcigny, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1080  Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F13443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family de Sully, Agnes,   b. 1085, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1137, Saône-et-Loire, Franche-Comté, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 1104  Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10] 
    Children 
     1. de Sully, Marguerite,   b. 1110, Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1145, Foucarmont, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1084 - Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlternate Birth - 1087 - Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Count of Blois - Between 1102 and 1107 - Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Count of Chartres - Between 1102 and 1107 - Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Count of Sully - 1104 - Sully, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1104 - Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Oct 1160 - Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 21 Oct 1160 - Montmorillon, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • William de Blois (William the Simple) was Count of Blois and Count of Chartres from 1102 to 1107, and Count of Sully. He was the eldest son of Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders.

      He was the older brother of Theobald II, Count of Champagne, King Stephen of England and Henry, Bishop of Winchester.

      William was the eldest legitimate male heir of William the Conqueror, after the death of Henry I, but he was not considered as a candidate for the English crown.

      William was at first groomed to inherit the comptal throne, and was designated count shortly before his father's departure on his second crusade in 1102. Many historians believed William had a mental deficient, but this has never been substantiated. His mother found him obstreperous and unfit for wide ranging comptal duties. He did once assault and threaten to kill the Bishop of Chartres over a jurisdictional dispute. So, when her second son Theobald came of age, around 1107, Adela elevated him to the position of count of Blois-Chartres, and William retired to his wife's lands in Sully.

      In 1104, William married Agnes of Sully, the heiress to the lordship of Sully-sur-Loire, a woman of admirable beauty attached to the court of William's mother. The marriage of William and Agnes was a happy one and several children were born.

      Their children included:
      Margaret (c. 1105 - 1145). She married Henry, Count of Eu, Lord of Hastings, about 1122.
      Henry de Sully, Abbot of Fécamp (d. 1189)
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103820601/william-de_blois

  • Sources 
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    4. [S828] WORLD: The Peerage.
      https://thepeerage.com

    5. [S844] WORLD: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
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    6. [S2] WORLD: Geneanet.
      https://gw.geneanet.org

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      https://www.geni.com/

    8. [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
      https://www.findagrave.com/

    9. [S2771] USA: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, Frederick Lewis Weis.
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/49030/

    10. [S845] WORLD: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.
      https://books.google.com/books/about/Complete_Peerage_of_England_Scotland_Ire.html?id=JLAKAAAAYAAJ


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