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
The Monarch of the Glen (painting) of Landseer's stag image in their logo since 1968. The painting has also been used on the label of tins of Baxter's Royal Game soup in the UK. "The Monarch of the Glen" was prominently featured in an episode of "The Goodies". The BBC television series "Monarch of the Glen" (2000-2005) takes its title from the painting, as well as the title of Compton Mackenzie's 1941 novel of the same name. A novella by Neil Gaiman is named after "The Monarch of the Glen". The Monarch of the Glen (painting) The Monarch of the Glen is an oil-on-canvas painting of