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
Stephen James King Stephen James King Stephen James King (born 13 August 1983) is an Australian TV and stage actor. A graduate of the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. King leapt into the public eye with his series regular role as Edward Dunglass on the award winning Australian television drama, Home and Away. He guest starred on the popular Sci-Fi series Farscape, and performed on stage with the Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir Street Theatre as a teenager. At the age of 20, King was accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. Since graduating in 2008 he has