Étienne II Comte de Blois 116
- Born: Abt 1045-1046, Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France
- Marriage: Adela de Normandie Princess of England
- Died: 27 May 1102, Battle of Ramleh, Holy Land about age 56
 Another name for Étienne was Stephen II Count of Blois.
General Notes:
-Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (137:23), (139:23), (169:24), (262:26). Count of Blois, Chartres, and Tourain. Was a crusader. He fell fighting against the infidels at Rames.
-Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (81:30) also calls him Count of Brie. Mentioned in Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (EU, p.156) as WILLIAM's father. 116
Noted events in his life and other information:
• Titles:
--Count of Blois and Chartres in France, between 30 September 1089 and 1102
--Comte de Penthievre, Blois, Brittany, et Champagne
• Dates & Events:
--He and Robert III "Courteheuse", duc de Normandie were joined Robert of Flanders, leader of the fourth contingent of the First Crusade in August 1096
--He was returned to the Holy Land to again fight the Turks in 1101.
• Death :
Killed in the Battle of Ramleh, by the Turks, in the Crusade of 1101 fighting in the Battle of Ascalon
Étienne married Adela de Normandie Princess of England, daughter of William I "The Conqueror" de Normandie King Of England and Matilda de Flandres et de Falaise. (Adela de Normandie Princess of England was born about 1062 in Normandy, France, died on 8 Mar 1136-1137 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France and was buried in Caen, Calvados, France.)
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