Read the bio below and try to give details on stephen , king of england 's: - death place - type - succession - coronation - reign - successor - spouse - predecessor - mother - death date - father - birth date - name - image size - image - moretext - birth place Bio: stephen -lrb- c. 1092/6 -- 25 october 1154 -rrb- , often referred to as stephen of blois , was a grandson of william the conqueror . he was king of england from 1135 to his death , and also the count of boulogne in right of his wife . stephen 's reign was marked by the anarchy , a civil war with his cousin and rival , the empress matilda . he was succeeded by matilda 's son , henry ii , the first of the angevin kings . stephen was born in the county of blois in middle france ; his father , count stephen-henry , died while stephen was still young , and he was brought up by his mother , adela . placed into the court of his uncle , henry i , stephen rose in prominence and was granted extensive lands . stephen married matilda of boulogne , inheriting additional estates in kent and boulogne that made the couple one of the wealthiest in england . stephen narrowly escaped drowning with henry i 's son , william adelin , in the sinking of the '' white ship '' in 1120 ; william 's death left the succession of the english throne open to challenge . when henry i died in 1135 , stephen quickly crossed the english channel and with the help of his brother henry of blois , a powerful ecclesiastic , took the throne , arguing that the preservation of order across the kingdom took priority over his earlier oaths to support the claim of henry i 's daughter , the empress matilda . the early years of stephen 's reign were largely successful , despite a series of attacks on his possessions in england and normandy by david i of scotland , welsh rebels , and the empress matilda 's husband , geoffrey of anjou . in 1138 the empress 's half-brother robert of gloucester rebelled against stephen , threatening civil war . together with his close advisor , waleran de beaumont , stephen took firm steps to defend his rule , including arresting a powerful family of bishops . when the empress and robert invaded in 1139 , however , stephen was unable to crush the revolt rapidly , and it took hold in the south-west of england . captured at the...
- death place is dover , kent- type is monarch- succession is king of england- coronation is 22 december 1135- reign is 22 1154 december 1135 & nbsp ; -- 25 october- successor is henry ii- spouse is matilda i , countess of boulogne- predecessor is henry i or matilda -lrb- disputed -rrb-- mother is adela of normandy- death date is 25 october 1154- father is stephen , count of blois- birth date is c. 1092 or 1096- name is stephen- image size is 218- image is stepan blois.jpg- moretext is -lrb- more ... -rrb-- birth place is blois , france