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Eustace II, Count of Boulogne

c. 1015–1087 · 11th century

Eustace II was count of Boulogne from about 1049 and one of the leading allies of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, where he appears on the Bayeux Tapestry. He received large estates in England. His sons included Eustace III, Godfrey of Bouillon, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and Baldwin I, its first king.

Eustace II, Count of Boulogne
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County of Boulogne

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