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Eustace was born a younger son of Baudoin Busket, a lord of the county of Boulogne.According to his biography, he went to Toledo, Spain, and studied black magic there. The author of the Histoire des Ducs de Normandie wrote in Eustace's own day, "No one would believe the marvels he accomplished, nor those which happened to him many times."
Eustace the Monk once belonged to a monastic order, but he broke his vows and became a pirate along with his brothers and friends. His early successes at this endeavor attracted many lawless men and his pirates became a menace to shipping in the English Channel. [2] The English opponents of Eustace credited the man with "diabolical ingenuity". [3]
Eustace was at first uninterested, but was convinced to accept it. He traveled all the way to Apulia before learning that a distant relative, Baldwin of Bourcq, had been crowned in the meantime. [14] Eustace returned to Boulogne, founded the Cluniac house of Rumilly, [13] and retired there as a Cluniac monk. [15] He died about 1125.
Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), pirate and mercenary, was a Benedictine monk at Samer Abbey Jean Mouton (c. 1459-30 October 1522), a French composer. Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901), French landscape painter, was born at Samer.
Eustace of Luxeuil (c. 560 – c. 626), also known as Eustasius, was the second abbot of Luxeuil from 611. He succeeded his teacher Columbanus , to whom he had been a favorite disciple and monk . He had been the head of the monastic school.
Saint Eustace (Latinized Eustachius or Eustathius, Greek Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας Eustathios Plakidas) [1] is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while hunting.
Eustace was allied to the ducal house of Normandy by the marriage of his son Eustace II to Goda, niece of Richard II. [6] This had far reaching alliances to other branches of these families including that of Edward the Confessor, King of England. [6] Under Eustace the counts of Boulogne rose to great prominence in Northern France. [7]
Eustace II, (c. 1015 – c. 1087), also known as Eustace aux Grenons ("Eustace with long moustaches"), [2] [3] [4] was Count of Boulogne from 1049 to 1087. He fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings , and afterwards received large grants of land forming an honour in England.