Henry of Blois Henry of Blois Henry of Blois (c. 1096 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 to his death. He was a younger son of Stephen Henry, Count of Blois by Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Thus, he was a younger brother of Stephen, King of England. Henry was one of five sons of Stephen II, Count of Blois, by Adela of Normandy (daughter of William the Conqueror) and the younger brother of King Stephen. His birth date is
Succession to the Spanish throne Succession to the Spanish throne Spain uses the system of male-preference cognatic primogeniture. Dynasts who marry against the express prohibition of the monarch and the "Cortes" are excluded from the succession together with their descendants. A prohibition expressed only by the monarch or only by the "Cortes" will have no consequences to the succession. Disputes about the succession are to be settled by legislation. Upon his succeeding to the throne, the monarch is required by article 61(1) of the 1978 constitution to take an oath on the occasion of his being proclaimed before the Cortes Generales. The above list is