Stephen is anointed king on December 22,…

1108 CE to 1251 CE

Stephen is anointed king on December 22, 1135, with the implicit support of the church and nation.

Matilda and her own son stand for direct descent by heredity from Henry I, and she bides her time in France.

The following civil war from 1139–1153 is known as the Anarchy.

In the autumn of 1139, she invades England with her illegitimate half-brother Robert of Gloucester.

Her husband, Geoffroy V of Anjou, conquers Normandy but does not cross the channel to help his wife, satisfied with Normandy and Anjou.

During this breakdown of central authority, the nobles run amok building adulterine castles (i.e. castles erected without government permission).

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Empress Matilda View → Geoffrey Plantagenet View → Henry I of England View → Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester View → Stephen of Blois View →

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Anglo-Saxons View → Anjou, County of View → Normandy, Duchy of View → Normans View → England, (Norman) Kingdom of View → English people View → Anglo-Normans View →

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Anarchy, the, or The Nineteen Year Winter, or English Dynastic War View →

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