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- AKA: Lucia-Mahaut of Blois
- Casualty of 1120 White Ship Disaster
Lucia-Mahaut de Blois was born circa 1097 in Blois to Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102) and Adela of Normandy (c1062-1138) and died 25 November 1120 White Ship Disaster of drowning. She married Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (1094-1120) .
Biography
White Ship Disaster

Doomed ship founders on Quilleboeuf Rock
The White Ship was a vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur, on 25 Novemeber 1120. Only one of those aboard survived. Those who drowned included William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of King Henry I of England, his half-sister Matilda, and his half-brother Richard. This tragedy caused a major succession crisis for the House of Normandy.
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Sybille de Blois (c1100-c1147) | 1100 | 1147 | Hervé II de Léon (c1110-1168) |
See Also
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- House of Blois
- House of Normandy
- wikipedia:en:Stephen, Count of Blois
- Maud de Blois at thePeerage
- Lucia-Mahaut of Blois - Geni.com
- Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 51. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families
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