Adele of Vermandois

Adele of Vermandois
Adele of Vermandois
Countess consort of Flanders
Tenure	934 - 10 October 960
Born	c. 910–915
Died	960 (aged 50-55); Bruges
Spouse	Arnulf I of Flanders
Issue	Baldwin III of Flanders
House	Herbertien
Father	Herbert II of Vermandois
Mother	Adèle

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

Notes

^ 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

^ ^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
^ 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
^ ^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
^ 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 Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders	Countess consort of Flanders 934–960	Succeeded by Mathilde of Saxony

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[4] 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

[ESIII1-49-1] 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

[ESII-5-3] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5

[5] 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

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Adele of Vermandois

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Life

Ancestry

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