1106. Henry invaded Normandy, defeated Robert at Tenchebrai (Sept. 28), and took him prisoner. He annexed the duchy to the kingdom.
1117. William, son of Robert, aided by Louis VI. of France, and the earls of Flanders and Anjou, tried to recover Normandy.
1118. Establishment of the Order of Knights Templars.
1119. Henry defeated Louis at Brenville, near Noyon.
1120. Henry’s only son, William, drowned at sea.
1128. William, son of Robert, mortally wounded at Alost, in Flanders.
1135. Robert died in Cardiff Castle, after an imprisonment of more than twenty-eight years.
Stephen of Blois.
D. He was the son of Stephen, earl of Blois, and of Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror. B. about 1096. M. Matilda, daughter of the count of Boulogne, and of Mary of Scotland, sister to Henry I.’s wife Matilda. Dd. at Canterbury, Oct. 25, 1154. R. 19 years (1135 to 1154).
1135. The crown, which was left by the late king to his daughter Matilda (widow of Henry V., emperor of Germany, and wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet, earl of Anjou), usurped by Stephen.