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
Joan, Countess of Blois Joan, Countess of Blois Joan of Châtillon ("Jeanne de Blois"; 1253? – 19 or 29 January 1291) was Countess of Blois from 1280 to 1291, and Lady of Avesnes. She was the daughter of John I, Count of Blois and Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy. Joan received the County of Chartres from her father during his life; she later sold these lands to Philip IV of France in 1286. She ceded the lordship of Avesnes to her cousin Hugh before her death. When she died in 1291 the other titles were left to him also. In 1263, Joanne married