De Blois

de Blois

Pronunciation	French: [dəblwa] English: /dəˈblwɑː/
Language(s)	French

de Blois, often written as DeBlois or Deblois, is a surname meaning "from Blois", a city in central France. The surname is most common in Quebec.

People with this surname

• Charles Deblois (born 1939), Canadian politician
• Dean DeBlois (born 1970), Canadian film director, screenwriter, and animator
• Natalie de Blois (1921–2013), American architect
• Stephen Wastie Deblois (1780–1844), businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia
• George Wastie Deblois (1824–1886), businessman and political figure in Prince Edward Island
• Joseph-François Deblois (1797–1860), lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada
• George Des Brisay de Blois (1887–1958), 14th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Lucien DeBlois (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player
• Pierre Antoine Deblois (1815–1898), Quebec farmer, businessman and politician
• Tony DeBlois (born 1970), American blind autistic savant and multi-instrumentalist

Medieval figures

• Stephen, King of England (1092 or 1096–1154), King of England from 1136 until his death, of the House of Blois
• Louis de Blois (1506–1566), Flemish monk and writer, generally known under the name of Blosius
• Stephen de Blois, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (d. 1127), Count of Aumale and Lord of Holderness, also known as Stephen of Aumale
• Charles de Blois (1319-1364), Duke of Brittany from 1341 to his death
• Guillaume de Blois (1135–1202), French cardinal, also called William of the White Hands and William White Hands
• Robert de Blois (fl. 13th century), Old French poet and trouvère
• William de Blois (bishop of Lincoln) (d. 1206), medieval Bishop of Lincoln
• Peter de Blois (c. 1130 – c. 1211) a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat

See also

• Deblois, Maine, town in the United States
• DeBlois, Prince Edward Island, settlement in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island