King Stephen
King of England from 1135 to 1154, whose reign was torn by civil war with Henry I's daughter Matilda. He died on October 25, 1154.
king 1135–1154
A year in a sentence: entries from the Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, entries for 802–1154, in the edition of John Earle (Oxford, 1865) · entries for 802–1154; the Peterborough copy written about 1121–1155
On þis gær wærd þe king Steph' ded ⁊ bebyried þer his wif ⁊ his sune wæron bebyried æt Faures feld. þæt minstre hi makeden. Þa þe king was ded. þa was þe eorl beionde sæ. ⁊ ne durste nan man don oþer bute god for þe micel eie of hī. Þa he to Engle land cō. þa was he under fangen mid micel wurtscipe. and to king bletcæd in Lundene on þe Sunnen dæi be foren midwint'dæi. and held þær micel curt. [...]
In this year King Stephen died. He was buried at Faversham, where his wife and his son were buried; they had built that minster. When the king died, the earl was overseas. And no one dared to do anything but good, for the great awe of him. When he came to England, he was received with great honor and consecrated king in London on the Sunday before Christmas, and there he held a great court.