Armies of Stephen of Blois on the First Crusade and the Crusade of 1101 Armies of Stephen of Blois on the First Crusade and the Crusade of 1101 The armies of Stephen of Blois participated in the First Crusade of 1096 and the minor crusade of 1101. Stephen, Count of Blois, was married to Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conquerer, and was the father of Stephen, King of England. Stephen apparently fled the battlefield at Antioch and returned home. He was coerced by Adela to form another army to return to the Holy Land in 1101, accompanied by Stephen I “the Rash”, Count of Burgundy. The known members of the army, which
Flavia Blois in the East Anglia countryside, usually working in oils in her studio from ink notes made outdoors. She exhibited at the Royal Academy on a regular basis and with both the London Group and the New English Art Club. During her career she had three solo gallery shows. In 1948 Blois married Julian Snow who, in 1970, became a Life peer as Baron Burntwood, having previously been the Labour Party MP for Lichfield and Tamworth. Blois died in 1980 at Westminster in central London. Flavia Blois Flavia Ria Joan Blois, later Lady Burntwood, (28 December 1914 - 28 March 1980)