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Matthew, Count of Boulogne

1137 - 1173

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew, Count of Boulogne has received more than 49,967 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Matthew, Count of Boulogne is the 655th most popular nobleman (down from 581st in 2019).

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Matthew, Count of Boulogne ranks 655 out of 842Before him are Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Berengar the Wise, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and Eleanor of Prussia. After him are Eleanor of Woodstock, Otto III, Duke of Swabia, Corbinian, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Theobald III, Count of Blois, and Henry IV, Duke of Brabant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1137, Matthew, Count of Boulogne ranks 4Before him are Jebe, Ferdinand II of León, and Henry Berengar. After him are Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, and Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile. Among people deceased in 1173, Matthew, Count of Boulogne ranks 7Before him are Petronilla of Aragon, Benjamin of Tudela, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Bolesław IV the Curly, and Uijong of Goryeo. After him is Benoît de Sainte-Maure.

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