Eustace II Comte de Boulogne
- Born: Abt 1030
- Marriage (1): Godgifu Princess of England 160
- Marriage (2): Ida de Lorraine
- Died: Abt 1080 about age 50
General Notes:
Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, 158:22, 158A:22, Eustace II, comté de Boulogne, m, abt. 1080, as second wife, Ida, daughter of Godfrey the Bearded, duc de Lorraine by his wife Dada or Ida. Eustace was a companion of William, the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. 160
Noted events in his life were:
• Point of Interest: 197 Eustace II Count of Boulogne was along with William the Conqueror during William's invasion of England. He was a companion at the Battle of Hastings.
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands Eustache II de Boulogne was the son of Eustache I comté de Boulogne and his wife Mathilde de Louvain. "The Genealogica comitum Buloniensium records that "Eustachium et Lantbertum" were sons of "comes Eustachius de Bolonia" and his wife Mathilde [Genealogica comitum Buloniensium MGH SS IX, p. 301]." Eustache was the comté de Lensin 1054. His first wife was Godgifu of England, the daughter of Ćthelred II, King of England and his second wife, Emma de Mormandie. Eustache's second wife was Ida of Lotharingia, daughter of Godefroi, duke of upper Lorraine, comté de Verdun and his first wife Doda. Both marriages were recorded by Orderic Vitalis. [Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. IV, Book VII, p. 77, Book IX, p. 175]
Eustace married Godgifu Princess of England, daughter of Ćthelred II "The Unready" King of England and Emma de Normandy.160 (Godgifu Princess of England was born in 1004 in Wessex, England and died in 1055 in England 160.)
Eustace married Ida de Lorraine, daughter of Godefroi "le Barbu" duc de Lorraine and Doda. (Ida de Lorraine was born in 1038-1043 in Lorraine and died on 13 Aug 1113 .)
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