Back هنرى دى بلوا ARZ Jindřich z Winchesteru Czech Heinrich von Blois German Ερρίκος του Μπλουά Greek Henriko de Blois (Episkopo de Winchester) Esperanto Enrique de Blois Spanish Henri de Blois French Henrik Bloiski Croatian Enrico di Blois Italian Хенри Блоа Macedonian
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Henry of Winchester | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Winchester | |
 Contemporary plaque showing Henry of Blois, now in the British Museum, c. 1150 | |
| Appointed | 4 October 1129 |
| Term ended | 8 August 1171 |
| Predecessor | William Giffard |
| Successor | Richard of Ilchester |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 17 November 1129 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1096[1] Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France |
| Died | 8 August 1171 (aged around 75) City of Winchester, England |
| Buried | 8 August 1171 Winchester Cathedral |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Parents | Stephen Henry, Count of Blois Adela of Normandy |
| Previous post(s) | Abbot of Glastonbury |
Henry of Blois (c. 1096 – 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester,[2] was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 to his death.
He was the son of Stephen II, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, a younger brother of Stephen, King of England, and a grandchild of William the Conqueror. Henry was also a major patron of the arts, funding the Winchester Bible and the font in Winchester Cathedral.[3] He founded the Hospital of St Cross and built much of Wolvesey Castle.
- ^ King 2004
- ^ That name was also a nickname of Henry III of England.
- ^ Fassler, Margot (2014). Frisch, Walter (ed.). Music in the Medieval West. Western Music in Context: A Norton History (1st ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-393-92915-7.
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