died anglo norman nobleman lived civil war king stephen england cousin throne england married stephen widow pain union gave control control castle contested resulting warfare nobles forms background late medieval romance known mainly concerned actions grandson includes material lifetime eventually lost control granted lands compensation son king henry_ii england succeeded stephen background early life following king henry death succession disputed king stephen elder brother count champagne henry surviving legitimate child usually known marriage legitimate son william died widowed returned father married count england normandy required declare henry heir king death stephen rushed england crowned react norman barons accepted stephen duke normandy possessions france secured support maternal uncle scottish king david half brother illegitimate son welsh marches revolted stephen revolt settled invaded southern england half brother support period civil war began youngest son older brothers oliver family brittany described historian obscure moved devon southern england border england wales lords extraction marches joined household castle married widow pain died held stephen surrendered siege important strategic stronghold control stephen decided marry pain widow felt marriage acquired control castle built late 11th century probably received family holdings southern rebelled stephen fortified king position strong stephen granted surrounding lands earl leicester specifically stephen told robert royal grant castle secure submission vassal custody contested stephen efforts castle background medieval romance extant prose version dates 14th century originally 13th century poem lost gilbert claimed castle link widow member family trying according time september embroiled private war seized travelling imprisoned captive demanded ransom silver marks according chronicle plate horses birds presumably met ransom later known free man absent able castle laid siege castle unsuccessful attempt retake retreated military forces exact date event unknown appears time shortly gave lands fall compensation later given land king henry_ii king son loss held lands wiltshire hampshire somerset holdings included manor worth income year manor known wiltshire addition lands scattered counties grandson died ostensibly hero lost romantic poem called work survives french prose loose corpus medieval literature known matter england appears confuse events lifetime grandfather errors work include welsh barons king henry england reign nobles william time entire generation scholars believe draws genuine tradition difficulty separating biographies makes problematic source family died survived daughters married died married died daughters petitioned king ownership town castle turned
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