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In December of 1135, Henry the First of England died in Normandy, and the man best positioned to take his throne had already sworn twice not to. Henry had made every baron in his kingdom kneel and lay a hand on a chest of saints' bones, promising to crown his daughter Matilda after him. One chronicler says Stephen of Blois pushed to reach the relics first.
Stephen took a ship instead.
He was…