House of Blois chose a wife from the House of Champagne (Adela of Champagne) as a counterpoise to Angevin power. The senior line of the House of Blois became extinct with the death of Joan I of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France, in 1305. Champagne and Navarre passed to the Capetian dynasty. King Stephen I of England, 1135–1154, was both a member of the House of Blois and the last Anglo-Norman King, being the grandson of William the Conqueror through his daughter Adela of Normandy. A branch of the family was established in Sancerre by Stephen I of Sancerre, a younger
The King was in his Counting House to carry it. Trying to alert Mainwaring's attention to this, Pike fires his rifle, only to frighten the horse and send it charging off into a field with the platoon following close behind on their bikes. The King was in his Counting House is the sixteenth episode of the two series of the British comedy series "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on 24 November 1972. The King was in his Counting House The King was in his Counting House is the seventh episode of the fifth series of the British comedy series "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on