Stephen, King of England him, Geoffrey of Anjou invaded Normandy again and, in the absence of Waleran of Beaumont, who was still fighting in England, Geoffrey took all the duchy south of the river Seine and east of the river Risle. No help was forthcoming from Stephen's brother Theobald this time either, who appears to have been preoccupied with his own problems with France—the new French king, Louis VII, had rejected his father's regional alliance, improving relations with Anjou and taking a more bellicose line with Theobald, which would result in war the following year. Geoffrey's success in Normandy and Stephen's weakness in England
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