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later executed.
Stephen was the son of
Theobald III,
count of Blois, and
Gersent of Le Mans. He is
first mentioned as
approaching William the Conqueror...
- duke of
Apulia and
Calabria Mabile,
married to
William de Grandmesnil.
Gersent,
married to
Count Hugh V of Maine, repudiated.
Robert Scalio Guy, Byzantine...
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convinced Hugh to sell him the county,
which he did. In 1077 Hugh
married Gersent, the
daughter of
Robert Guiscard, but
after discovering he
could not manage...
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Champagne to be
divided between Theobald's sons. Theobald's
first wife
Gersent of Le Mans,
daughter of
Herbert I,
Count of Maine, who bore him one child:...
- cousin,
Count Odo, and
established Champagne as a
proper county. He
married Gersent of Le Mans, the
daughter of his father's foe.
Stephen II of Blois, or Stephen...
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demanded an aid (auxilium) from his
barons for the
dowry of his
daughter Gersent,
betrothed to Hugh, son of Azzo II,
marquis of Este. The
revolt began in...