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1045 – 1102Stephen II, Count of Blois (1045-1102)Died 17 May 1102, aged 57Stephen II, Count of Blois, Chartres and Meaux, was a leading commander of the First Crusade and father of the future King Stephen of England. He was killed fighting the Fatimid army at the Second Battle of Ramla after returning to the Holy Land on a second crusading vow.
1102Second Battle of RamlaFatimid army ambushes and nearly destroys a crusader force in the Kingdom of JerusalemKing Baldwin I of Jerusalem's small force was ambushed by a Fatimid Egyptian army near Ramla. Many crusader knights, including Stephen of Blois and Stephen I of Burgundy, were killed, though Baldwin escaped to Jaffa and a relief force later repelled the Egyptians.