Both Stephen's wife, Queen Matilda, and his older brother Theobald died in 1152.
Queen Matilda wrote to complain and demand Stephen's release.
The embroidery was long attributed to Queen Matilda, William's wife, but there is no evidence to support this contention.
After her husband's death, Queen Matilda entered a convent but later left it again.
According to reports, Queen Matilda remained in Boulogne and was not allowed to follow her husband to Portugal.
Bossard's untimely death while defending Queen Matilda's messenger is the subject of the mystery.
I would guess the first courier ever he sent out for aid went to Queen Matilda.
Queen Matilda herself upon the death of her husband in 936 donated Quedlinburg Abbey, where she is also buried.
Queen Matilda bore her first husband three sons and a daughter:
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the manor as held by Queen Matilda.