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
Books about Stephen King Books; 6/1991 Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia Stephen J Spignesi Popular Culture Ink 3/27/1992 The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King's Horrorscape Tony Magistrale (Ed.) Praeger 1992 The Second Stephen King Quiz Book Stephen Spignesi Signet 1994 Stephen King's AmericaBy Jonathan P. Davis Bowling Green State University Popular Press 11/1/1997 Ultimate Unauthorized Stephen King Trivia Challenge: Hundreds of Brainteasing Questions on Minute Details and Little-Known Facts about the World's Leading Horror Writer and His Work Robert W. Bly Kensington 1998 Stephen King (part of series Modern {literary} Critical Views) Harold Bloom (Ed.) Chelsea House 1998 The