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22 December 1135
Stephen is crowned
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Although Henry I wants
his daughter Matilda, his only surviving
legitimate child, to succeed him, his nephew Stephen
of Blois is first off the mark and his right to the throne is confirmed
by the pope – with back-up from nobles who don't want to be ruled by a
woman. But Stephen has a formidable enemy in Matilda's illegitimate half-brother
Robert, earl of Gloucester. By 1139, there is anarchy
as rival nobles slug it out.
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