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Source: Find a Grave: Eustace II, Count of “with Moustaches” Boulogne

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Titre	Find a Grave: Eustace II, Count of “with Moustaches” Boulogne

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Eustace II, Count of “with Moustaches” Boulogne BIRTH 1020 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France DEATH 1087 (aged 66–67) Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID Also known as Eustace aux Gernons, was Count of Boulogne from 1049–1087. He fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received large grants of land forming an honour in England. He is one of the few proven Companions of William the Conqueror. It has been suggested that Eustace was the patron of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Eustace II, Count of “with Moustaches” Boulogne
BIRTH 1020
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
DEATH 1087 (aged 66–67)
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
BURIAL Unknown
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Also known as Eustace aux Gernons, was Count of Boulogne from 1049–1087. He fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received large grants of land forming an honour in England. He is one of the few proven Companions of William the Conqueror. It has been suggested that Eustace was the patron of the Bayeux Tapestry.