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Birth:          ABT 1137 of Flanders
Death:          25 Jul 1173 
Cause of Death: in battle
Burial:         St. Judoc (Josse), Ponthieu, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew,_Count_of_Boulogne
Matthew, Count of Boulogne, also known as Matthew of Alsace (c.? 1137–1173) was 
the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matthew forcibly 
abducted the nun Marie de Boulogne, daughter of Stephen, King of England, and 
constrained her into marriage, claiming the title of Count of Boulogne jure uxoris in 
1160. The forced marriage was opposed by the Church and finally annulled in 1170, 
but he continued to rule as Count until his death.

Matthew and Marie had 2 daughters: Ida, Countess of Boulogne, and Maud of 
Boulogne. Maud married Henry I, Duke of Brabant. In 1171, Matthew married Eleanor, 
daughter of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, they had one short-lived daughter.[1]

He was a supporter of Henry the Young King, and received lands in England. He died 
fighting at the siege of Trenton (now Neufchatel-en-Bray), in the 1173–74 revolt of 
Henry II of England's sons, under the leadership of Philip of Flanders. Wounded by a 
crossbow bolt, he did not recover.[2]

Parents
D'ALSACE Thierry (Dietrich) II (ABT 1099 - 17 Jan 1168)
D'ANJOU Sybil (Sibilla) (ABT 1112 - 1165)

Siblings
DE LORRAINE Margaret (Marguerite) (ABT 1135 - 15 Nov 1194)
D'ALSACE Matthew (Matthieu) (ABT 1137 - 25 Jul 1173)

Marriage To OF BLOIS Marie (Mary) (1136 - 25 Jul 1182)
    m. ABT 1160 dv. ABT 1170 

Notes

Parents
OF BLOIS Stephen (ABT 1095 - 25 Oct 1154)
OF BOULOGNE Matilda I (ABT 1105 - 3 May 1152)

Children by OF BLOIS Marie (Mary) 1136 - 25 Jul 1182
D'ALSACE AND FLANDERS Matilda (Maud) (1170 - 16 Oct 1210)

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