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Birth:          ABT 1059 of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France
Death:          ABT 1125 

Notes
went on first Crusade, 1125
died as a monk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace_III,_Count_of_Boulogne
Eustace III (died c. 1125) was the count of Boulogne from 1087, succeeding his father 
Count Eustace II.[1] His mother was Ida of Lorraine.

In 1088, Eustace supported the rebellion against William II of England in favour of 
Robert Curthose.[2]

Eustace participated in the First Crusade of 1096 along with his brothers Godfrey of 
Bouillon (duke of Lower Lotharingia) and Baldwin of Boulogne. It is unclear whether 
he travelled eastward with his brother Godfrey's or Robert Curthose's army. His 
contingent[3] included Hugh II of Saint-Pol and his son Engelrand, Eustace I 
Granarius, lord of Sidon and Caesarea, Fulk of Guînes, and Hugh of Robecq 
(Rebecques), lord of Hebron.  Throughout the crusade Eustace assisted Godfrey.[4] 
Eustace was present at the Siege of Nicaea (May–June 1097), helped rescue 
Bohemund of Taranto's beleaguered troops at the Battle of Dorylaeum (July 1, 1097), 
defeated an enemy ambush during the Siege of Antioch and was one of the 
commanders during the capture of Antioch on June 3, 1098.[5]

Eustace was a member of the council held at Ruj on January 4, 1099, mediating in the 
conflict over the control of Antioch between Bohemund of Taranto and Raymond IV of 
Toulouse.[6][7] Early December 1098 Eustace joined Raymond's attack on Maarrat 
al-Nu'man and an attack on Nablus in July 1099. He gained notoriety for his actions 
during the Siege of Jerusalem fighting relentlessly from a siege tower along with his 
brother Godfrey and the warriors they commanded. They were among the first to 
breach Jerusalem's city walls and participated in the ensuing massacre. Finally 
Eustace commanded a division of the crusader army during the Battle of Ascalon.[8]

While his brothers stayed in the Holy Land, Eustace returned to administer his 
domains. To commemorate Eustace's crusading adventures the mint at Boulogne 
struck silver coins with a lion above the walls of Jerusalem stamped on the obverse.
[9]

Eustace married Mary of Scotland, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland, and Saint 
Margaret of Scotland. Eustace and Mary had one daughter:
Matilda of Boulogne.

When his youngest brother king Baldwin I of Jerusalem died in 1118, the elderly 
Eustace was offered the throne. Eustace was at first uninterested, but was convinced 
to accept it; he travelled all the way to Apulia before learning that a distant relative, 
Baldwin of Bourcq, had been crowned in the meantime. Eustace returned to Boulogne 
and died about 1125.

On his death the county of Boulogne was inherited by his daughter, Matilda, and her 
husband Stephen de Blois, count of Mortain, afterwards king of England, and at the 
death of Matilda in 1152 it was inherited by their son, Eustace IV of Boulogne, later 
their second son William and ultimately by their daughter Marie of Boulogne, since 
both sons died without children.

Eustace founded the Cluniac house of Rumilly and was patron of the Knights 
Templar.[10]

Parents
____ Eustace (Eustache) II "aux Gernons" (ABT 1018 - ABT 1080)
OF LORRAINE Ida (ABT 1040 - 13 Aug 1113)

Siblings
____ Eustace (Eustache) III (ABT 1059 - ABT 1125)

Marriage To OF SCOTLAND Mary (1082 - 31 May 1116)
    m. 1102 

Notes

Parents
____ Malcolm III "Ceanmor" (ABT 1033 - 13 Nov 1093)
OF SCOTLAND Margaret "Atheling" "Saint" (ABT 1048 - 16 Nov 1093)

Children by OF SCOTLAND Mary 1082 - 31 May 1116
OF BOULOGNE Matilda I (ABT 1105 - 3 May 1152)

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