(1096 – 1154)
referred to as “stephen of blois”
grandson of william I
the last norman king of england
(from 1135 – 1154)
(also the “count of boulogne”)
(his reign was marked by civil war with his cousin and rival “empress matilda”)
(general chaos known as “the anarchy”)
he was succeeded by matilda’s son, henry II
(the first of the “angevin” or “plantagenet” kings)