Seal of Stephen, Count of Blois (ca. 1045-1102)Stephen was one of the leaders of the first crusade.
Seal of Stephen, Count of Blois (ca. 1045-1102)Stephen was one of the leaders of the first crusade. The count’s reputation was tarnished though by the fact that he fled Syria during the long siege of Antiochia. Stephen returned to Holy Land in 1101 and was killed at the second battle of Ramla (19.5.1102)Source: By Roger de Gaignières [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons -- source link
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