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In 1135, King Henry I of England died. His daughter, the Empress Matilda, widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, was to have succeeded him, but was prevented from taking the throne by her cousin, Stephen of Blois. Now, suppose that Stephen had died before Henry, or during one of the early campaignes of The Anarchy. What would her reign have been like?