Eustace II, Count of Boulogne
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| isbn =0-226-16774-7}}Heather J. Tanner, 'Eustace (II), count of Boulogne (d. c.1087)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. was [[Count of Boulogne]] from 1049 to 1087. He fought on the Norman side at the [[Battle of Hastings]], and afterwards received large grants of land |
| isbn =0-226-16774-7}}Heather J. Tanner, 'Eustace (II), count of Boulogne (d. c.1087)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. was [[Count of Boulogne]] from 1049 to 1087. He fought on the Norman side at the [[Battle of Hastings]], and afterwards received large grants of land in England. He is one of the few proven [[companions of William the Conqueror]]. It has been suggested that Eustace was the patron of the [[Bayeux Tapestry]].Bridgeford His second son [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] was a preeminent leader of the [[First Crusade]], and the first ruler of the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. |
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