For 10 points, name this English civil war that resulted in the creation of the House of Plantagenet, fought between Empress Matilda and Stephen of Blois.
One prominent figure of this conflict raided the lands around Ely from a base at Ramsey Abbey during it, and it featured Ranulf de Gernon in addition to the aforementioned Geoffrey de Mandeville. One important ecclesiastic in this conflict was Thurstan, Archbishop of York, who, with negotiations at Roxburgh and the organization of the force that won the (*) Battle of the Standard, staved off the invasion of David I, while another, Henry of Winchester, secured papal support for his brother in this conflict. One figure in this conflict was exchanged for Robert of Gloucester after the former had been captured at the Battle of Lincoln. It was ended by the Treaty of Wallingford, which established the succession in favor of Henry Curtmantle, and it began after the death of William Adelin in the wreck of the White Ship. For 10 points, name this English civil war that resulted in the creation of the House of Plantagenet, fought between Empress Matilda and Stephen of Blois.
One prominent figure of this conflict raided the lands around Ely from a base at Ramsey Abbey during it, and it featured Ranulf de Gernon in addition to the aforementioned Geoffrey de Mandeville.
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