, Adelaide Of Paris

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Adelaide of Paris
b: 850/853
d: 10 NOV 901
Biography
Adélaïde of Paris (or Aélis) (c. 850/853 – 10 November 901) was thesecond wife of Louis the Stammerer, King of Western Francia, and was themother of Princess Ermentrude and King Charles the Simple.

Adelaide was the daughter of the count palatine Adalard of Paris. Hergreat-grandfather was Bégon, Count of Paris. Her great-grandmother,Alpaïs, wife of Bégon, was the illegitimate daughter of Louis the Piousby an unnamed mistress.

Adelaide was chosen by Charles the Bald, King of Western Francia, tomarry his son and heir, Louis the Stammerer, despite the fact that Louishad secretly married Ansgarde of Burgundy against the wishes of hisfather. Although Louis and Ansgarde already had two children, Louis andCarloman, Charles prevailed upon Pope John VIII, to dissolve the union.This accomplished, Charles married his son to Adelaide in February 875.

However, the marriage was called into question because of the closeblood-kinship of the pair. When on 7 September 878 the pope crowned Louis(who had succeeded his father in the previous year), the pope refused tocrown Adelaide.[1]

When Louis the Stammerer died in Compiegne on 10 April 879, Adelaide waspregnant, giving birth on 17 September 879, to Charles the Simple.[2] Thebirth of this child led to a dispute between Adelaide and Ansgarde.Ansgarde and her sons accused Adelaide of adultery; Adelaide in turndisputed the right of Ansgarde''s sons to inherit. Eventually, Adelaidesucceeded in winning the case; but despite this, Ansgarde''s sons Louisand Carloman remained kings until their deaths without heirs in 882 and884 respectively, with the crown then being contested between Odo, Countof Paris and Charles the Fat.

Charles eventually succeeded to his father''s throne in 898; his motherassisted in crowning him. She died in Laon on 10 November 901 and wasburied in the Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiègne, Picardy.[3]
Facts
  • 850/853 - Birth -
  • 10 NOV 901 - Death -
Ancestors
   
 
 
Adalard
ABT 830 - 890
  
  
  
 
Adelaide of Paris
850/853 - 10 NOV 901
  
 
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Adalard
BirthABT 830
Death890
Marriageto ?
FatherWulfhard of Flavigny
MotherSuzanne of Paris
PARENT (U) ?
Birth
Death
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FAdelaide of Paris
Birth850/853
Death10 NOV 901
MarriageFEB 878to Louis the Stammerer
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Louis the Stammerer
Birth
Death
Marriageto Ansgarde of Burgundy
MarriageFEB 878to Adelaide of Paris
FatherCharles the Bald
MotherErmentrude of Orléans
PARENT (F) Adelaide of Paris
Birth850/853
Death10 NOV 901
MarriageFEB 878to Louis the Stammerer
FatherAdalard
Mother?
CHILDREN
MCharles III "The Simple"
Birth17 SEP 879
Death
Marriageto Frederuna
Marriageto Eadgifu of Wessex
FErmentrude
Birth
Death
Marriageto ?
Descendancy Chart
Adelaide of Paris b: 850/853 d: 10 NOV 901
Charles III "The Simple" b: 17 SEP 879
Albert III, Count of Namur b: 1048 d: 1102
Henry I of la Roche b: ABT 1100 d: 1126
Nicholas d''Oisy, Lord of Avesnes b: ABT 1130 d: ABT 1170
Swanhilde d: 1132
10 Adelaide of Leuven d: 1158
Philip I of France b: 23 MAY 1052 d: 30 JUL 1108
Adelaide of Maurienne b: 1092 d: 18 NOV 1154
Henry I of la Roche b: ABT 1100 d: 1126
Maria d: BEF 1058
Świętosława of Poland b: 1046/1048 d: 1 SEP 1126
Adelaide of Hungary b: 1040 d: 27 JAN 1062
Adelaide of Normandy b: ABT 1030 d: BEF 1090
10 Henry of Scotland b: 1114 d: 1152
Ada de Warenne b: ABT 1120 d: 1178
Adeliza of Louvain b: ABT 1103 d: 23 APR 1151
Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135
10 Agatha of Lorraine d: 1147
Swanhilde d: 1132
10 Agatha of Lorraine d: 1147
Albert III, Count of Namur b: 1048 d: 1102
Henry I of la Roche b: ABT 1100 d: 1126
Nicholas d''Oisy, Lord of Avesnes b: ABT 1130 d: ABT 1170
Adela d: 1185
Ernest I, Duke of Swabia d: March 31 or May 31, 1015
Herman IV, Duke of Swabia b: ABT 1015 d: JUL 1038
Adelaide of Susa b: 1014/1020 d: 19 DEC 1091
Agnes of Poitou b: ABT 1025 d: 14 DEC 1077
Agnes of Germany b: 1072/1073 d: 24 SEP 1143
10 Agnes of Babenberg b: 1108/1113 d: 24/25 JAN 1163
Matilda of Swabia b: OCT 1048 d: 12 MAY 1060
Aimery I, Viscount of Châtellerault b: ABT 1075 d: 7 NOV 1151
10 Aenor de Châtellerault b: ABT 1103 d: MAR 1130
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Adelina of Holland b: ABT 990 d: ABT 1045
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Agnes, Countess of Ponthieu b: ABT 1080 d: AFT 1105
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10 William III of Ponthieu b: ABT 1095 d: JUN 1172
Adelaide of Normandy b: ABT 1030 d: BEF 1090
Adelaide of Normandy b: ABT 1030 d: BEF 1090
Philip I of France b: 23 MAY 1052 d: 30 JUL 1108
Adelaide of Maurienne b: 1092 d: 18 NOV 1154
Agnès de Garlande b: 1122 d: 1143
Hawise of Salisbury b: 1118 d: 1152
Adèle of Champagne b: ABT 1140 d: 4 JUN 1206
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Alberto Azzo II, Margrave of Milan b: 997 or July 10, 1009 d: 20 AUG 1097
William I b: ABT 1028 d: 9 SEP 1087
Adela b: ABT 1067 d: 8 MAR 1137
Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135
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Adeliza of Louvain b: ABT 1103 d: 23 APR 1151
Swanhilde d: 1132
10 Adelaide of Leuven d: 1158
?
Ada b: ABT 1146 d: AFT 1206
Henry I of la Roche b: ABT 1100 d: 1126
Nicholas d''Oisy, Lord of Avesnes b: ABT 1130 d: ABT 1170
Adela d: 1185
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10 Adeliza of Louvain b: ABT 1103 d: 23 APR 1151
Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135
10 Adelaide of Leuven d: 1158
Doda
Swanhilde d: 1132
Albert III, Count of Namur b: 1048 d: 1102
Henry I of la Roche b: ABT 1100 d: 1126
Nicholas d''Oisy, Lord of Avesnes b: ABT 1130 d: ABT 1170