Which count was seriously wounded during the English stand at Malfosse?

Eustace of Boulogne was the count seriously wounded during the English stand at Malfosse. He was Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, a prominent ally of William, Duke of Normandy, at Hastings.

According to medieval accounts, the battle’s final phase continued after Harold’s shield wall had broken. Norman soldiers pursued English troops across difficult ground, but some Englishmen rallied at a ditch or fortified position later called Malfosse. The counterattack was dangerous enough to wound Eustace severely. One tradition says he was struck while urging William to withdraw or while helping protect the duke during the pursuit.

The details are not completely uniform across the sources, so the Malfosse episode should be treated as a medieval narrative rather than a precisely documented battlefield report. Eustace’s participation, however, is well established. The Bayeux Tapestry may depict him near William, though identifying every figure is difficult. He survived Hastings, retained his continental lands, and later became involved in the Norman administration of England. Roger of Montgomery, Robert of Mortain, and Alan the Red were also major Norman nobles, but they are not the count linked to the wound at Malfosse.