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{{Infobox British Royalty
| monarch
| name = Stephen of Blois
| title = King of the English
| more = en
| image =King_Stephen_from_NPG.jpg_
| imgw = 218
| succession = King of the English
| moretext = (1st Reign)
| reign = 22 December 1135 – April 1141
| coronation = 26 December 1135
| predecessor = [[Henry I of England|Henry I]]
| successor = [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]]
| succession1 = King of the English
| moretext1 = (2nd Reign)
| reign1 = November 1141 – 25 October 1154
| predecessor1 = [[Matilda of England|Matilda]]
| successor1 = [[Henry II of England|Henry II]]
| spouse = [[Matilda I of Boulogne]]
| issue = [[Eustace IV of Boulogne]]<br />[[William of Blois]]<br />[[Marie of Boulogne]]
| titles = The King of English, Duke of the Normans<br />The Count of Boulogne ''([[jure uxoris]])''<br />The Count of Mortain
| royal house = [[Norman dynasty]]
| father = [[Stephen II, Count of Blois]]
| mother = [[Adela of Normandy]]
| date of birth = c. 1096
| place of birth = [[Blois]], France
| date of death = {{Death date|1154|10|25|df=yes}}
| place of death = [[Dover, England|Dover]], [[Kent]]
| place of burial = [[Faversham Abbey]], [[Kent]]
}}
'''Stephen of England''' (c. 1096–25 October 1154) was [[British monarchs|King]] of [[England]] from 1135 until 1154. He became the King after the death of his uncle [[Henry I of England|Henry I]]. Stephan was the King until his own death in [[Dover, Kent]]. Stephen was crowned at [[Westminster Abbey]] on the 26 December 1135. Stephen is buried at the [[Clunaic Monastery]] in [[Faversham, Kent]].

King Stephen was born in [[Blois]], [[France]], in 1096<ref>'''Note:''' There is some doubt about his year of birth. He may have been born in [[1097]]. 1096 is the commonly listed date.</ref>. He was the son of [[Stephen, Count of Blois]] and [[Adela of Normandy]]. His mother, Adela, was the daughter of [[William I of England]] and [[Matilda of Flanders]]. Stephen married [[Matilda of Boulogne]] in about [[1125]]. They had five [[child]]ren. He fought a [[civil war]] with Henry I's only daughter, [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]], from 1139-1153. This ended with the [[Treaty of Wallingford]] in 1153 after the death of Stephen's son and [[heir]], [[Eustace IV of Boulogne|Eustace IV]]. The treaty said that Stephen would be King for the rest of his lifetime. After his death, the throne passed to [[Henry II of England|Henry]], son of Matilda, and not Stephen's other son [[William of Boulogne|William]].

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