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 House (The Keys to the Kingdom) The House (The Keys to the Kingdom) The House is a domain that serves as the center of the universe in "The Keys to the Kingdom" series by Australian author Garth Nix. Anything in creation not in the House — such as Earth, the Solar System, and, indeed, this Universe — is part of the Secondary Realms. The House is divided into seven demesnes, each ruled by a master who shares their name with a day of the week — the Trustees, or Morrow Days. The demesnes, in the order Arthur Penhaligon has claimed them, are as follows: the Lower