Adele of Vermandois

Countess consort of Flanders
Adele of Vermandois
Countess consort of Flanders
Tenure934 - 10 October 960
Bornc. 910–915
Died960 (aged 50-55)
Bruges
SpouseArnulf I of Flanders
IssueBaldwin III of Flanders
HouseHerbertien
FatherHerbert II of Vermandois
MotherAdèle

Adele of Vermandois (bef. 915–960) was both a Carolingian as well as a Robertian Frankish noblewoman who was the Countess of Flanders by marriage (934–960).

Life

Adele, born c. 910–915[1] was a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois and his wife, Adele, daughter of Robert I of France.[2] She died in 960 in Bruges.[1]

In 934 Adele married Count Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890 – 965).[3] Together they had the following children:

  • Hildegarde,[a] born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk II, Count of Holland.[4]
  • Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[3]
  • Egbert, died 953.[3]
  • Baldwin III of Flanders.[3] (c. 940 – 962). Married Mathilde Billung of Saxony (c. 940 – 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung, and had issue, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (c. 960 – 987), who succeeded as count after Arnulf I, skipping one generation.
  • Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adele of Vermandois
Bernard, King of Italy (797 – 818)
Pepin, Count of Vermandois (c. 818 - a. 858)
Cunigunda of Laon
Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (c. 849 – 907)
Herbert II of Vermandois (d. 943)
Bertha de Morvois
Adele of Vermandois
Robert III of Worms (800-834)
Robert the Strong (820 – 866)
Margrave of Neustria
King Robert I of France (866–923)
Adelaide of Tours (c.820-c.866)
Hildebrante
Aelis

See also

  • flagBelgium portal

Notes

  1. ^ It remains uncertain if Hildegarde was Arnulf's daughter by his first wife, whose name was not preserved, or by his second wife Adele. See: Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143

References

  1. ^ a b Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 49
  2. ^ The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916–966, eds. & trans. Steven Fanning: Bernard S. Bachrach (New York; Ontario, Can: University of Toronto Press, 2011), pp. 21 n. 77, 92
  3. ^ a b c d e Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5
  4. ^ Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143


Preceded by Countess consort of Flanders
934–960 		Succeeded by


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