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
It's Sad to Belong in the mid-1970s. The song topped the adult contemporary (then called "easy listening") chart for five consecutive weeks from June 25 to July 23. It also appeared on the top 40 "rack singles" list on June 7. On December 24, it ranked #3 on "Billboard"'s end-of-the-year easy listening chart. "It's Sad to Belong" is the second track on "Dowdy Ferry Road". It is one of only two songs on the album not written by either singer. The song has been called "bittersweet", telling the story of a married man falling in love with another woman and knowing they cannot be