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Stephen, King of England

1095 - 1154

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Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne jure uxoris from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 until 1144. His reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda, whose son, Henry II, succeeded Stephen as the first of the Angevin kings of England. Stephen was born in the County of Blois in central France as the fourth son of Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois, and Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen, King of England is the 1,482nd most popular politician (down from 1,307th in 2019), the 485th most popular biography from France (down from 467th in 2019) and the 119th most popular French Politician.

Stephen was the last of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England. He was crowned in 1037 and died in 1038. He is most famous for being the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

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Among politicians, Stephen, King of England ranks 1,482 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Clodius Albinus, Xuande Emperor, Adolf of Germany, Jefferson Davis, and Mayer Amschel Rothschild. After him are John VI Kantakouzenos, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Muhammad Shah, John VI of Portugal, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Mohammed V of Morocco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1095, Stephen, King of England ranks 2. Before him is Roger II of Sicily. After him are Yuri Dolgorukiy, Antipope Victor IV, Suryavarman II, Mesud I, Usama ibn Munqidh, Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, William II, Duke of Apulia, Conan III, Duke of Brittany, and Peter of Bruys. Among people deceased in 1154, Stephen, King of England ranks 3. Before him are Pope Anastasius IV, and Roger II of Sicily. After him are Adelaide of Maurienne, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Isaac Komnenos, Gilbert de la Porrée, William of Conches, Al-Zafir, Viacheslav I of Kiev, Boris Kalamanos, and Wu Yu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Stephen, King of England ranks 485 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Roger Vadim (1928), Fernand Léger (1881), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), and Charles Nicolle (1866). After him are André Masséna (1758), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), and Genevieve (423).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Stephen, King of England ranks 119. Before him are Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), Louis III of France (863), Lazare Carnot (1753), Albert Lebrun (1871), and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852). After him are Childebert I (497), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Carus (230), Christine Lagarde (1956), and Camille Desmoulins (1760).

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