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Eustace II, ( c. 1015 – c. 1087 ), also known as Eustace aux Grenons ("Eustace with long moustaches"), [1] [2] [3] was Count of Boulogne from 1049 to 1087. He fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received large grants of land forming an honour in England. He is one of the few proven companions of William the ...
Feb 1, 2024 · Eustace II, (c. 1015-1020 – 1087) was count of Boulogne from 1049-1093, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received a large honour in England. He was the son of Eustace I. His first wife was Goda, daughter of the English king Æthelred the Unready, and sister of Edward the Confessor.
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Eustace II. Eustace II (yōō´stĬs), d. 1093, count of Boulogne. He was the brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor of England. Visiting England in 1051, he and his followers became involved in a brawl with the citizens of Dover. Earl Godwin refused to obey Edward's order to punish the people of the town and broke with the king as a result.
When Eustache II comte de Boulogne was born about 1020, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, his father, Eustache Ier de Boulogne comte de Boulogne, was 17 and his mother, Mathilde gravin van Leuven, was 16. He married Godgifu Wessex in 1036. In 1054, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as comte de boulogne et ...
Jan 3, 2022 · Biography. Eustace II, (born about 1015-1020 - died about 1087), the son of Eustace I, was count of Boulogne from 1049-1087, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received a large honour in England. Eustace II first married Goda of England, who was the daughter of King Ethelred the Unready and his second wife Emma ...
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Eustace was the elder son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland. He succeeded his father as count of Boulogne in 1024. [1] Eustace was also the count of Lens. [2] In 1028 Eustace confirmed the foundation of a college of canons in his castle at Lens [2] and despite accounts of Lens passing to Baldwin V of Flanders circa 1036 it ...
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Yet, in the maelstrom of these two years, Eustace of Boulogne's intentions on his 1051 visit to England remain mysterious. Certainly there was cause for rivalry between the Godwine dynasty and that of Eustace, since both had married into the English royal house. Besides this, however, I suggest that there was also a commercial dimension.
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