Matilda de Boulogne
- Born: Cir 1105, Boulogne, France
- Marriage: Étienne de Blois King of England 160
- Died: 3 May 1152, Hedingham Castle, Essex, England at age 47 160
- Buried: Faversham Abbey, Kent
 Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 160
Thierry I of Lorraine, Count of Flanders married Sybil of Anjou. Their son was Matthew of Alsace, Count of Boulogne, who married Marie de Blois, b. 1136 and died 1182, countess of Boulogne in her own right, daughter of Stephen de Blois, King of England, by Matilda de Boulogne. Matilda de Boulogne was the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Lens, Crusader who married in 1102, Marie of Scotland (d. 18 Apr 1118), daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and Margaret, daughter of Edward, the Atheling, by Agatha of Kiev.
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 165:25-26, 158:23-24
• Web Reference: Matilda of Boulogne.
Matilda was born in Boulogne, France, the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and his wife Mary of Scotland, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Matilda was first cousin of her husband's rival, Empress Matilda. Through her maternal grandmother, Matilda was descended from the pre-Conquest English kings. In 1125, Matilda married Stephen of Blois, Count of Mortain, who possessed a large honour in England.
Matilda married Étienne de Blois King of England, son of Étienne II comté de Blois and Adela de Normandy Princess of England.160 (Étienne de Blois King of England was born 1092 or 1096 in Blois, France,160 died on 25 Oct 1154 in Dover, Kent 160 and was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent.)
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