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County of Boulogne

countship

14 dated entries naming County of Boulogne, drawn from 14 separate years between 972 CE and 1214 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century

  • 972Arnulf II, count of Boulogne (approximate date)source

11th century

  • 1015Eustace II, count of Boulogne (approximate date)source
  • 1047Eustace I, count of Boulogne (House of Flanders)source
  • 1051Eustace II, count of Boulogne, visits England and is received with honour at the court by King Edward the Confessor. In Dover a fight breaks out between the Norman visitors and the locals, resulting in the deaths of several people. Edward blames the people of Dover and orders Godwin, earl of Wessex, to deal with them. Godwin refuses to obey Edward's order, and in response Edward raises an army and forces the Godwin family into exile.source
  • 1067Eustace II, count of Boulogne, supports the Kentishmen in an attempt to seize Dover Castle. The conspiracy fails, and Eustace is sentenced to forfeit his English fiefs.source
  • 1082Mary of Scotland, countess of Boulogne (d. 1116)source

12th century

  • 1116Mary of Scotland, countess of Boulogne (b. 1082)source
  • 1123Furness Abbey (or St Mary of Furness) is founded in England by Stephen, count of Boulogne, for the Order of Savigny.source
  • 1125King Henry I of England arranges a marriage between his nephew Stephen of Blois and the 20-year-old Matilda, daughter and heiress of Eustace III, count of Boulogne. This gives Stephen control of the County of Boulogne and also lands in England that have belonged to Eustace (who dies on his return from the Holy Land).source
  • 1136Marie I (or Mary), countess consort of Boulogne (d. 1182)source
  • 1137William I of Blois, count of Boulogne (d. 1159)source
  • 1153August 17 – Eustace IV, count of Boulogne (b. 1130)source
  • 1182July 25 – Maria I, countess of Boulogne (b. 1136)source

13th century

  • 1214June – Otto IV arrives in Flanders with a small army; four German nobles have joined him, but he is soon reinforced by troops of Renaud I, duke of Boulogne, Ferdinand, (jure uxoris) count of Flanders and the mercenaries under William Longespée. On July 26, Philip II arrives at the Flemish town of Tournai with his army (some 7,000 men), while the allied forces encamp 12 kilometers south at the Castle of Mortagne (France).source

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