Eustace I, Count of Boulogne

Eustace I, Count of Boulogne
Eustace I, Count of Boulogne
Died	1049
Noble family	House of Flanders; House of Boulogne (founder)
Spouse(s)	Maud of Boulogne
	Issue Eustace II of Boulogne[1]; Godfrey, Bishop of Paris[1]; Lambert II, Count of Lens[2]; Gerberga[1];
Father	Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne
Mother	Adelina of Holland

Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, was a nobleman and founder of the Boulogne branch of the House of Flanders. He held the county of Boulogne from 1024 until his death in 1049.

Life

He was the elder son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland. Eustace succeeded his father as count of Boulogne in 1024.[3][1] Eustace I was also the count of Lens.[4] In 1028 Eustace I confirmed the foundation of a college of canons in his castle at Lens[4] and despite accounts of Lens passing to Baldwin V of Flanders circa 1036 it was still held by Eustace I and was passed to his son Lambert at his death.[5]

During the minority of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Eustace's grandfather, Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne had broken free of Flanders and operated as an independent prince, as did Eustace's father and Eustace himself.[6] In 995, having attained his majority, Baldwin IV attempted to recover several of the independently held castles and to expand the Flemish borders.[6] This had caused considerable animosity between Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders and Eustace's father, but when Baldwin IV's son Baldwin V succeeded him in 1035 Eustace I and Baldwin V of Flanders cooperated on several ventures including several charters and in limiting the powers of the Castellan-advocates of several abbeys including the Abbey of Saint Bertin in Flanders.[7]

Eustace I was allied to the ducal house of Normandy by the marriage of his son Eustace II to Goda, niece of Richard II.[8] This had far reaching alliances to other branches of these families including that of Edward the Confessor, King of England.[8] Under Eustace I the counts of Boulogne rose to great prominence in Northern France.[9] Eustace I died in 1049.[1]

He was apparently a patron of Samer Abbey near Calais and he is said to have been buried there.[10]

Family and children

He was married to Matilda of Leuven,[lower-alpha 1] daughter of Lambert I, Count of Leuven and Gerberga of Lower Lorraine and had four children:[1]

Eustace II of Boulogne.[1]
Godfrey, Bishop of Paris (1061–1095).[1]
Lambert II, Count of Lens.[14]
Gerberga, married Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine.[1]

Notes

Matilda was a direct descendant of Charlemagne[1][11] and in terms of rank descendants of Charlemagne were among the most prestigious brides.[12] Noble families of the eleventh and twelfth centuries sought to trace their descent specifically into the Carolingian line.[13]

References

Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 621
George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., London, 1910), p. 352 n. (a)
The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II, Heather J. Tanner, Anglo-Norman Studies:XIV. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1991, ed. Marjorie Chibnall, (The Boydell Press, 1992), 262.
Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004), p. 61
Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004), p. 97
Heather J. Tanner, The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II', Anglo-Norman Studies XIV: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1991, Ed. Marjorie Chibnall (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1992), p. 251
Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004),p. 83
Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004),p. 113
John Carl Andressohn, The Ancestry and Life of Godfrey of Bouillon (Indiana University Press, 1947), p. 9
Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004),p. 118
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 1
Judith A. Green, The Aristocracy of Norman England (Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 353-54
Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400 - 1400, eds. Conrad Leyser, Lesley Smith (Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011), p. 28
George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., London, 1910), p. 352 n. (a)

Preceded by Baldwin II	Count of Boulogne 1046–1049	Succeeded by Eustace II

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[14] Matilda was a direct descendant of Charlemagne[1][11] and in terms of rank descendants of Charlemagne were among the most prestigious brides.[12] Noble families of the eleventh and twelfth centuries sought to trace their descent specifically into the Carolingian line.[13]

[ESIII4-621-1] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 621

[2] George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., London, 1910), p. 352 n. (a)

[3] The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II, Heather J. Tanner, Anglo-Norman Studies:XIV. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1991, ed. Marjorie Chibnall, (The Boydell Press, 1992), 262.

[FFA61-4] Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004), p. 61

[5] Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004), p. 97

[ANS251-6] Heather J. Tanner, The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II', Anglo-Norman Studies XIV: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1991, Ed. Marjorie Chibnall (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1992), p. 251

[7] Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004),p. 83

[FFA113-8] Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004),p. 113

[9] John Carl Andressohn, The Ancestry and Life of Godfrey of Bouillon (Indiana University Press, 1947), p. 9

[10] Heather J. Tanner, Family, Friends and Allies; Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879-1160 (Brill, 2004),p. 118

[11] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 1

[12] Judith A. Green, The Aristocracy of Norman England (Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 353-54

[13] Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400 - 1400, eds. Conrad Leyser, Lesley Smith (Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011), p. 28

[15] George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., London, 1910), p. 352 n. (a)