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Birth:          ABT 1092 
Death:          18 Nov 1154 
Burial:         Abbaye de Montmartre, Savoy

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Maurienne
Adelaide of Savoy (or Adelaide of Maurienne) (Italian: Adelaide di Savoia or Adelasia 
di Moriana, French: Adélaïde or Adèle de Maurienne) (1092 – 18 November 1154) was 
the second spouse but first Queen consort of Louis VI of France. Adelaide was the 
daughter of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy,[1] and niece of Pope 
Callixtus II, who once visited her court in France.
Queen of France[edit]

She became the second wife of Louis VI of France, whom she married on 3 August 
1113/14 in Paris, France.[2] They had eight children, the second of whom became 
Louis VII of France. Adelaide was one of the most politically active of all France's 
medieval queens. Her name appears on 45 royal charters from the reign of Louis VI. 
During her tenure as queen, royal charters were dated with both her regnal year and 
that of the king. Among many other religious benefactions, she and Louis founded the 
monastery of St Peter's (Ste Pierre) at Montmartre, in the northern suburbs of Paris.

Queen dowager[edit]

After Louis VI's death, Adélaide did not immediately retire to conventual life, as did 
most widowed queens of the time. Instead she married Matthieu I of Montmorency,[3] 
with whom she had one child. She remained active in the French court and in religious 
activities.

Adélaide is one of two queens in a legend related by William Dugdale. As the story 
goes, Queen Adélaide of France became enamoured of a young knight, William 
d'Albini, at a joust. But he was already engaged to Adeliza of Louvain and refused to 
become her lover. The jealous Adélaide lured him into the clutches of a hungry lion, 
but William ripped out the beast's tongue with his bare hands and thus killed it. This 
story is almost without a doubt apocryphal.

In 1153 she retired to the abbey of Montmartre, which she had founded with Louis VII. 
She died there on 18 November 1154.[3] She was buried in the cemetery of the 
Church of St. Pierre at Montmartre, but her tomb was destroyed during the Revolution.

Issue[edit]

Louis and Adelaide had seven sons and one daughter:
1.Philip of France (1116–1131).
2.Louis VII (1120 – 18 November 1180), King of France.
3.Henry (1121–1175), Archbishop of Reims.
4.Hugues (b. c. 1122).
5.Robert (c. 1123–11 October 1188), Count of Dreux.
6.Constance (c. 1124–16 August 1176), married first Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne 
and then Raymond V of Toulouse.
7.Philip (1125–1161), Bishop of Paris. Not to be confused with his elder brother.
8.Peter (c. 1125–1183), married Elizabeth, Lady of Courtenay.

Parents
____ Humbert (Umberto) II "il Grosso" (1065 - 17 Oct 1103)
DE BOURGOGNE Gisela (ABT 1073 - AFT 1133)

Siblings
____ Amadeus (Amadeo) III (ABT 1092 - 30 Mar 1149)
OF MAURIENNE (OF SAVOY) Adelaide (Alix) (ABT 1092 - 18 Nov 1154)
OF SAVOY Agnes (BEF 1104 - 1141)

Marriage To ____ Louis VI "le Gros" ("the Fat") (1 Dec 1081 - 1 Aug 1137)
    m. 3 Aug 1115 

Notes

Parents
____ Philip (Philippe) I (BEF 23 May 1053 - 29 Jul 1108)
OF HOLLAND Bertha (ABT 1054 - 15 Oct 1094)

Children by ____ Louis VI "le Gros" ("the Fat") 1 Dec 1081 - 1 Aug 1137
____ Louis VII "the Young" (1119 - 18 Sep 1180)
____ Robert I (1123 - 11 Oct 1185)
____ Peter I (Pierre) (Sep 1126 - 10 Apr 1183)

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