Stephen, King of England recognised Stephen's son Eustace as Duke of Normandy in exchange for Eustace giving fealty to the French king. Stephen was less successful, however, in regaining the Argentan province along the Normandy and Anjou border, which Geoffrey had taken at the end of 1135. Stephen formed an army to retake it, but the frictions between his Flemish mercenary forces led by William of Ypres and the local Norman barons resulted in a battle between the two halves of his army. The Norman forces then deserted the King, forcing Stephen to give up his campaign. Stephen agreed to another truce with Geoffrey,
Norman King (New Zealand politician) Norman King (New Zealand politician) Norman James King, (28 December 1914 – 28 May 2002), was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a cabinet minister. King was born in Auckland in 1914. He had no secondary schooling and lived in a state house. He worked as a storeman in the Minties confectionary factory. In both 1950 and 1953 King stood unsuccessfully on a Labour ticket for the Auckland City Council. King first stood for Parliament in Hobson in , coming second. He then represented the Waitemata electorate from 1954 to 1969, and the Birkenhead electorate from 1969