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, Adèle Of France, Countess Of Flanders

Adèle of France, Countess of FlandersI8544
b: 1009
d: 8 JAN 1079
Biography
Adèle of France[a] known also as Adela the Holy or Adela of Messines;(1009 – 8 January 1079, Messines), she was the Countess of Normandy(January 1027–August 1027), Countess of Flanders (1035–1067)

Adèle was the second daughter of Robert II (the Pious), and Constance ofArles.[1] In January 1027 she married Richard III, Duke of Normandy.[2]The marriage was short-lived for on 6 August of that same year RichardIII suddenly died.[2] Adela then married Baldwin V, Count of Flanders in1028.[3]

Adèle''s influence lay mainly through her family connections. On the deathof her brother, Henry I of France, the guardianship of his seven-year-oldson Philip I fell jointly on his widow, Ann of Kiev, and on hisbrother-in-law, Adela''s husband, so that from 1060 to 1067, they wereRegents of France.[4]

In 1071, Adela''s third son, Robert the Frisian, planned to invadeFlanders even though at that time the Count of Flanders was Adela''sgrandson, Arnulf III. When she heard about Robert''s plans, she askedPhilip I to stop him. Philip sent soldiers to support Arnulf including acontingent of ten Norman knights led by William FitzOsborn. Robert''sforces attacked Arnulf''s numerically superior army at Cassel before itcould organize, and Arnulf was killed along with William FitzOsborn.Robert''s overwhelming victory led to Philip making peace with Robert andinvesting him as Count of Flanders. A year later, Philip married Robert''sstepdaughter, Bertha of Holland, and in 1074, Philip restored theseigneurie of Corbie to the crown.

Adèle had a strong interest in Baldwin V’s church reforms and was behindher husband’s founding of several collegiate churches. Directly orindirectly, she was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire(1049), Lille (1050) and Harelbeke (1064) as well as the abbeys ofMessines (1057) and Ename (1063). After Baldwin’s death in 1067, she wentto Rome, took the nun’s veil from the hands of Pope Alexander II andretired to the Benedictine convent of Messines, near Ypres. There shelater died and was buried at the convent. Honoured as a saint in theRoman Catholic Church, her commemoration day is 8 September.

Her first marriage was in 1027 to Richard III, Duke of Normandy (died1027). They had no children.

Her second marriage was in 1028 to Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (died1067).[3] Their children were:
Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (c.?1030–1070).[3]
Matilda of Flanders (c.?1032–1083). In c.?1053 she married William, Dukeof Normandy, the future King of England and had issue.[3]
Robert I, Count of Flanders (c.?1035–1093).[3]
Facts
  • 1009 - Birth -
  • 8 JAN 1079 - Death - ; Messines
Ancestors
   
Hugh Capet
-
 
 
Robert II of France
-
  
  
  
Adelaide of Aquitaine
ABT 945 - 1004
 
Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders
1009 - 8 JAN 1079
  
 
  
William I of Provence
- 994
 
 
Constance of Arles
-
  
  
  
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou
ABT 940 - 1026
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Robert II of France
Birth
Death
Marriageto Constance of Arles
FatherHugh Capet
MotherAdelaide of Aquitaine
PARENT (F) Constance of Arles
Birth
Death
Marriageto Robert II of France
FatherWilliam I of Provence
MotherAdelaide-Blanche of Anjou
CHILDREN
MRobert I, Duke of Burgundy
Birth
Death
Marriageto Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy
Marriageto Helie de Semur-en-Brionnais
FAdèle of France, Countess of Flanders
Birth1009
Death8 JAN 1079Messines
MarriageJAN 1027to Richard III, Duke of Normandy
Marriage1028to Baldwin V of Flanders
MHenry I of France
Birth
Death
Marriageto Anne of Kiev
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Richard III, Duke of Normandy
Birth
Death6 AUG 1027
MarriageJAN 1027to Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders
FatherRichard II of Normandy
MotherJudith of Brittany
PARENT (F) Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders
Birth1009
Death8 JAN 1079 Messines
MarriageJAN 1027to Richard III, Duke of Normandy
Marriage1028to Baldwin V of Flanders
FatherRobert II of France
MotherConstance of Arles
CHILDREN
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Baldwin V of Flanders
Birth
Death1067
Marriage1028to Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders
FatherBaldwin IV of Flanders
MotherOgive of Luxembourg
PARENT (F) Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders
Birth1009
Death8 JAN 1079 Messines
MarriageJAN 1027to Richard III, Duke of Normandy
Marriage1028to Baldwin V of Flanders
FatherRobert II of France
MotherConstance of Arles
CHILDREN
FMathilda of Flanders
Birth
Death
Marriageto William I
MRobert I of Flanders
Birth
Death
Marriageto Gertrude of Saxony
MBaldwin VI of Flanders
Birth
Death
Marriageto Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut
Descendancy Chart
1 Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders b: 1009 d: 8 JAN 1079
+ Richard III, Duke of Normandy d: 6 AUG 1027
+ Baldwin V of Flanders d: 1067
2 Mathilda of Flanders
+ William I b: ABT 1028 d: 9 SEP 1087
3 Adela of Normandy b: ABT 1067 d: 8 MAR 1137
+ Stephen II, Count of Blois
4 Stephen of Blois
+ Matilda of Boulogne
5 Marie I, Countess of Boulogne
+ Matthew of Alsace
6 Matilda of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant
+ Henry I, Duke of Brabant
7 Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland
+ Floris IV, Count of Holland
8 Adelaide of Holland, Countess of Hainaut b: ABT 1230
+ John of Avesnes
9 John II, Count of Holland
+ Philippa of Luxembourg
10 William I, Count of Hainaut
+ Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
7 Henry II, Duke of Brabant
+ Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant
+ Maria of Swabia
8 Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
+ Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
+ Robert I, Count of Artois
9 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
4 Theobald II, Count of Champagne
+ Matilda of Carinthia
5 Henry I, Count of Champagne
+ Marie of France, Countess of Champagne
6 Marie of Champagne
+ Baldwin I of Constantinople
7 Margaret II, Countess of Flanders
+ William II of Dampierre
+ Bouchard IV of Avesnes
8 John of Avesnes
+ Adelaide of Holland, Countess of Hainaut b: ABT 1230
9 John II, Count of Holland
+ Philippa of Luxembourg
10 William I, Count of Hainaut
+ Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
6 Theobald III, Count of Champagne
+ Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne
7 Theobald I of Navarre
+ Agnes of Beaujeu
+ Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre
8 Henry I of Navarre
+ Blanche of Artois
9 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
10 Isabella of France
+ Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
5 Agnès of Champagne d: 1207
+ Reginald II, Count of Bar
6 Theobald I, Count of Bar
+ Laurette of Loon
+ Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg
7 Henry II, Count of Bar
+ Philippa of Dreux
8 Margaret of Bar
+ Henry V, Count of Luxembourg
9 Philippa of Luxembourg
+ John II, Count of Holland
10 William I, Count of Hainaut
+ Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
5 Adèle of Champagne b: ABT 1140 d: 4 JUN 1206
+ Louis VII of France
6 Philip II of France
+ Isabelle of Hainaut
7 Louis VIII of France
+ Blanche of Castile
8 Charles I of Naples
+ Beatrice of Provence
9 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
10 Margaret, Countess of Anjou
+ Charles, Count of Valois
8 Robert I, Count of Artois
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
9 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
8 Louis IX of France
+ Marguerite of Provence
9 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
10 Margaret of France
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Agnes of Merania d: JUL 1201
3 Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135
+ Eadgith (or Matilda)
4 Matilda of England
+ Henry V
+ Geoffrey Plantagenet Count of Anjou
5 Henry II of England b: 5 MAR 1133 d: 6 JUL 1189
+ Ida de Tosny
+ Eleanor of Aquitaine
6 John of England b: 24 DEC 1167 d: 19 OCT 1216
+ Clemence
+ Isabella of Angoulême b: 1188 d: 31 MAY 1246
7 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
+ Isabel Marshal
7 Henry III b: 1 OCT 1207 d: 16 NOV 1272
+ Eleanor of Provence
8 Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
+ Blanche of Artois
8 Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
9 Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ Isabella of France
10 Edward III b: 13 NOV 1312 d: 21 JUN 1377
+ Philippa of Hainault
9 Joan of England
+ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
10 Margaret de Clare
+ Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
10 Eleanor de Clare
+ Hugh Despenser the Younger
+ Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
+ Margaret of France
+ Isabel of Gloucester b: 1173 d: 14 OCT 1217
+ Ela de Warenne
7 Richard FitzRoy Knight b: ABT 1190 d: JUN 1246
+ Rose de Dover
8 Isabel de Dover d: 7/07 JUL 1276/1277
+ Maurice de Berkeley Knight b: 1218 d: 4 APR 1281
9 Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Knight b: 1245 d: 23 JUL 1321
+ Joan de Ferrers d: 19 MAR 1309
10 Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
+ Isabel de Clare
+ Eve La Zouche
6 Eleanor of England
+ Alfonso VIII of Castile b: 11 NOV 1155 d: 5 OCT 1214
7 Berengaria of Castile
+ Alfonso IX of León b: 15 AUG 1171 d: 23/24 SEP 1230
8 Ferdinand III of Castile
+ Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
9 Eleanor of Castile b: ABT 1245 d: 1290
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
10 Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ Isabella of France
10 Joan of England
+ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
+ Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
+ Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
7 Blanche of Castile
+ Louis VIII of France
8 Charles I of Naples
+ Beatrice of Provence
9 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
10 Margaret, Countess of Anjou
+ Charles, Count of Valois
8 Robert I, Count of Artois
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
9 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
8 Louis IX of France
+ Marguerite of Provence
9 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
10 Margaret of France
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
7 Eleanor of Castile
+ James I of Aragon
8 Isabella of Aragon
+ Philip III of France
9 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
+ William I, Count of Hainaut
9 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
10 Isabella of France
+ Edward II b: 25 APR 1284 d: 21 SEP 1327
+ ?
4 Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
+ Mabel FitzHamon
5 Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester
+ Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester
6 Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester
+ Bertrade de Montfort
7 Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln
+ Robert de Quincy d: 1217
8 Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln
+ John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
9 Maud de Lacy, Countess of Gloucester
+ Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester
10 Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
+ Joan of England
+ Alice de Lusignan
7 Agnes De Kevelioch
+ William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
8 William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
+ Sibyl Marshal
+ Margaret de Quincy
9 Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby
+ Alianore de Bohun
10 John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley
+ Hawise (Hawyse) de Muscegros
9 Joan de Ferrers d: 19 MAR 1309
+ Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Knight b: 1245 d: 23 JUL 1321
10 Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Knight
+ Isabel de Clare
+ Eve La Zouche
+ Adeliza of Louvain b: ABT 1103 d: 23 APR 1151
2 Robert I of Flanders
+ Gertrude of Saxony
3 Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine
+ Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
4 Thierry, Count of Flanders
+ Swanhilde d: 1132
5 Laurette of Flanders d: 1175
+ Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg
+ Henry II, Duke of Limburg
+ Sibylla of Anjou
5 Matthew of Alsace
+ Marie I, Countess of Boulogne
6 Matilda of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant
+ Henry I, Duke of Brabant
7 Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland
+ Floris IV, Count of Holland
8 Adelaide of Holland, Countess of Hainaut b: ABT 1230
+ John of Avesnes
9 John II, Count of Holland
+ Philippa of Luxembourg
10 William I, Count of Hainaut
+ Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
7 Henry II, Duke of Brabant
+ Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant
+ Maria of Swabia
8 Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
+ Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
+ Robert I, Count of Artois
9 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
5 Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
+ Baldwin V of Hainaut
6 Baldwin I of Constantinople
+ Marie of Champagne
7 Margaret II, Countess of Flanders
+ William II of Dampierre
+ Bouchard IV of Avesnes
8 John of Avesnes
+ Adelaide of Holland, Countess of Hainaut b: ABT 1230
9 John II, Count of Holland
+ Philippa of Luxembourg
10 William I, Count of Hainaut
+ Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
6 Isabelle of Hainaut
+ Philip II of France
7 Louis VIII of France
+ Blanche of Castile
8 Charles I of Naples
+ Beatrice of Provence
9 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
10 Margaret, Countess of Anjou
+ Charles, Count of Valois
8 Robert I, Count of Artois
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
9 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
10 Jeanne of Navarre
+ Philip IV of France
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
8 Louis IX of France
+ Marguerite of Provence
9 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
10 Charles, Count of Valois
+ Catherine I, Latin Empress
+ Margaret, Countess of Anjou
10 Philip IV of France
+ Jeanne of Navarre
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321
10 Margaret of France
+ Edward I b: 17 JUN 1239 d: 7 JUL 1307
+ Henry III, Count of Louvain
4 Adelaide of Leuven d: 1158
+ Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
5 Agatha of Lorraine d: 1147
+ Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
6 Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
+ Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
7 Philip of Swabia
+ Irene Angelina
8 Maria of Swabia
+ Henry II, Duke of Brabant
9 Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
+ Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
+ Robert I, Count of Artois
10 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
8 Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
+ Ferdinand III of Castile
2 Baldwin VI of Flanders
+ Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut
3 Baldwin II of Hainaut
+ Ida of Louvain
4 Baldwin III of Hainaut
+ Yolande de Wassenberg
5 Baldwin IV of Hainaut
+ Alice of Namur
6 Baldwin V of Hainaut
+ Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
7 Baldwin I of Constantinople
+ Marie of Champagne
8 Margaret II, Countess of Flanders
+ William II of Dampierre
+ Bouchard IV of Avesnes
9 John of Avesnes
+ Adelaide of Holland, Countess of Hainaut b: ABT 1230
10 John II, Count of Holland
+ Philippa of Luxembourg
7 Isabelle of Hainaut
+ Philip II of France
8 Louis VIII of France
+ Blanche of Castile
9 Charles I of Naples
+ Beatrice of Provence
10 Charles II of Naples
+ Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
9 Robert I, Count of Artois
+ Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
10 Blanche of Artois
+ Henry I of Navarre
+ Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
9 Louis IX of France
+ Marguerite of Provence
10 Philip III of France
+ Isabella of Aragon
+ Marie of Brabant, Queen of France b: 13 MAY 1254 d: 12 JAN 1321

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