, Adelaide, Countess Of Vermandois

Adelaide of Vermandois (1062–1122) was suo jure Countess of Vermandoisand Valois and the last member of the Carolingian dynasty.

Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, and Adeleof Valois and of the Vexin.[1] Her brother was Eudes, Count of Vermandois(+ after 1085), married to Hedwig. Later became Lord of Saint-Simon bymarriage.

Adelaide married firstly Hugh Magnus, son of the Capetian King Henry I ofFrance and younger brother of Philip I of France. By this marriage shehad nine children:
Matilda (1080–1130), married Ralph I of Beaugency
Beatrice (1082 – after 1144), married Hugh III of Gournay
Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester (1081–1131)
Ralph I (1085–1152)
Constance (born 1086, date of death unknown), married Godfrey de laFerté-Gaucher
Agnes (1090–1125), married Boniface of Savone
Henry (1091–1130), Lord of Chaumont en Vexin
Simon (1093–1148)
William, possibly married to Isabella, illegitimate daughter of KingLouis VI of France

In 1104, she married secondly Renaud II, Count of Clermont.[citationneeded] By this marriage she had one daughter, Margaret, who marriedCharles I, Count of Flanders.

In 1102, Adelaide was succeeded by her son, Ralph I. Adelaide died in1122 and the Carolingian dynasty died out with her.