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Ida of Lorraine. Eustace III (c. 1050 – c. 1125) was the count of Boulogne from 1087 succeeding his father, Eustace II. He joined the First Crusade, being present at Nicaea, Dorylaeum, Antioch, and Jerusalem. After fighting in the battle of Ascalon, he returned home. Initially offered the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Eustace was at Apulia when he ...
Feb 17, 2023 · Eustace III, Count of Boulogne. Eustace III (c. 1050 - c. 1125) was the count of Boulogne from 1087, succeeding his father Count Eustace II. [1] His mother was Ida of Lorraine. Eustace III, Count of Boulogne Godefroy de Bouillon.jpg Eustace (shown with white hair) with his brothers Godfrey and Baldwin meeting with Byzantine emperor Alexius.
- Mary of Scotland
- Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France
- circa 1059
- after circa 1125
When Eustache III de Boulogne was born about January 1058, in Rumilly-en-Cambrésis, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, his father, Eustache II de Boulogne, was 39 and his mother, Ide de Lorraine, was 29. He married Mary of Scotland about 1102, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
- Male
- Mary of Scotland
Eustace III, was a count of Boulogne, successor to his father Count Eustace II of Boulogne. His mother was Ida of Lorraine. His father Eustace II appeared at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 as an ally of William the Conqueror, and is listed as a possible killer of Harold II; he is also believed to have given William his own horse after the duke's was killed under him by Gyrth, brother of Harold ...
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 ...
Count of Boulogne was a historical title in the Kingdom of France. The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer became the centre of the county of Boulogne during the ninth century. Little is known of the early counts, but the first holder of the title is recorded in the 11th century. Eustace II of Boulogne accompanied William I of England (the Conqueror ...
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Actions. Eustace succeeded to the county of Boulogne by 1088. It is possible that he was stripped of his English properties before the crusade. He travelled east initially with Robert of Normandy. He was later suggested as king of Jerusalem and he even travelled to Apulia to pursue this claim. Nevertheless, he did not challenge Baldwin II, who ...
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