Adelaide of Ballenstedt
Adelaide of Ballenstedt | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1100 |
| Died | after 1139 |
| Noble family | House of Ascania |
| Spouse(s) | Henry IV, Count of Stade Werner, Count of Osterburg |
| Issue | Albert of Osterburg |
| Father | Otto of Ballenstedt |
| Mother | Eilika of Saxony |
Adelaide of Ballenstedt (c. 1100 - after 1139) was the daughter of Otto of Ballenstedt and a member of the House of Ascania. She married, successively, Henry IV, Count of Stade, and Werner, Count of Osterburg.
Family
[edit]Adelaide was the only daughter of Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, and Eilika, daughter of Magnus Billung, Duke of Saxony. Her brother was Albert the Bear.
First Marriage
[edit]Adelaide's first husband was Henry IV, Count of Stade (d.1128).[1] The couple had no recorded children together.[2]
Second marriage
[edit]In 1139 Adelaide married for a second time to Werner of Velthim, count of Osterburg (d. after 1169).[3] According to the Annales Stadenses, Werner was a vassal (vassus) of Adelaide's brother, Albert the Bear.[4] With Werner, Adelaide had at least one son: Albert of Osterburg.[5]
References
[edit]- A. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte" Band I, Teilband 1 Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser I
- L. Partenheimer, Albrecht der Bär. Gründer der Mark Brandenburg und des Fürstentums Anhalt.
- R. Hucke, Die Grafen von Stade 990-1144 (Stade 1956).
Notes
[edit]- ^ Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 158.
- ^ Partenheimer, Albrecht der Bär, p. 42.
- ^ Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 158.
- ^ "Annales Stadenses, a.1144, p. 326". Archived from the original on 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ Hucke, Die Grafen von Stade, p. 41.
External links
[edit]- Adelheid von Ballenstedt (in German)