https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i idk what the times, years, etc. are so i just put them here (or they're just random facts) en-us 2023-01-13 14:03:59 UTC 2025-12-09 19:56:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f480.png oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470640700 matilda and geoffrey had more strained relations w henry I towards the end of his life]]> 2023-02-06 19:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470640700 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470644725 stephen took the throne with the help of his brother henry and was more widely liked than matilda]]> 2023-02-06 19:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470644725 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470646952 Stephen's brother henry was the bishop of winchester]]> 2023-02-06 19:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470646952 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470654423 stephen + matilda were first cousins ]]> 2023-02-06 19:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470654423 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470659201 2023-02-06 19:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2470659201 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2476635839 Many barons had taken an oath to stay in Normandy until the king was actually buried so they couldn’t help anyone in the war for a while]]> 2023-02-10 16:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2476635839 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2476639270 Stephen was placed conveniently close to england so he took power easily, reaching london’s shores by December 8 ]]> 2023-02-10 16:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2476639270 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2476649270 Contrary to Matilda, Stephen had the support of the pope and most of the barons as well as his family, and his ‘reign’ started pretty well]]> 2023-02-10 16:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2476649270 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2536980256 2023-03-29 16:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2536980256 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2536981513 2023-03-29 16:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2536981513 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540180109 2023-03-31 17:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540180109 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540183444 2023-03-31 17:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540183444 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540189839 Henry I had a lot of random illegitimate children (ex. Robert of Gloucester)]]> 2023-03-31 18:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540189839 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540197179 2023-03-31 18:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540197179 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540201911 2023-03-31 18:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2540201911 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2543907067 2023-04-04 16:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2543907067 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2543908539 2023-04-04 16:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2543908539 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2543912718 2023-04-04 16:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2543912718 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2545016639 2023-04-05 13:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2545016639 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2558791270 stephen only ended up usurping the throne before anyone else because he was actually the closest to england of any other claimants, such as the norman barons who had taken an oath to stay in england, matilda and geoffrey in anjou, and stephen's brother theobald.]]> 2023-04-18 15:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2558791270 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2560545710 Stephen made like. a ton of extra earldoms to secure his place and filled these earldoms with people he considered to be loyal]]> 2023-04-19 17:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2560545710 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2567394628 Matilda initially landed at Arundel in 1139]]> 2023-04-25 15:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2567394628 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2567408398 2023-04-25 15:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2567408398 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2567531790 2023-04-25 16:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2567531790 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2571894271 2023-04-28 14:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2571894271 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2571911308 2023-04-28 14:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2571911308 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2587448261 2023-05-11 16:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2587448261 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2587449558 1143-46 was pretty much just a stalemate (like it's literally labeled as a stalemate on the wikipedia page) (you could probably tell)]]> 2023-05-11 16:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2587449558 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2588680661 no, no one knows why stephen did that thing with paying for henry and escorting him home, no i dont know how to explain it]]> 2023-05-12 13:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2588680661 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2591502661 Eustace was going to be crowned while Stephen was still alive, as was custom at the time in France, but the pope earlier in the decade had made it illegal]]> 2023-05-15 15:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2591502661 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2605182149 I'd heard somewhere that she escaped from somewhere in a coffin but I looked it up and it's probably fake - that would have been cool tho]]> 2023-05-25 18:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2605182149 oliverpenelope9 https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2617150168 Robert of Gloucester's full name was Robert Fitzroy ("Fitz" means he was an illegitimate child born out of wedlock)]]> 2023-06-07 13:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/oliverpenelope9/9pkdldhit2tfod6i/wish/2617150168