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Birth:          ABT 1027 of Normandy
Death:          BEF 1090 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Normandy
Adelaide of Normandy (or Adeliza) (c. 1030 – bef. 1090) was the sister of William the 
Conqueror and was Countess of Aumale in her own right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Normandy
Adelaide of Normandy (or Adeliza) (c. 1030 – bef. 1090) was the sister of William the 
Conqueror and was Countess of Aumale in her own right.
Life[edit]

She was a natural daughter of Robert the Magnificent,[a] Duke of Normandy and born 
c.1030[1] Elisabeth Van Houts, in her article Les femmes dans l’histoire du duché de 
Normandie (or Women in the history of ducal Normandy) mentions Countess Adelaide 
as one of those notable Norman women who were known to have exerted a strong 
influence on their children especially with regard to passing on their own family 
history.[2]

Adelaide's first marriage to Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu potentially gave then 
Duke William a powerful ally in upper Normandy.[3] But at the Council of Reims in 
1049, when the marriage of Duke William with Matilda of Flanders was prohibited 
based on consanguinity, so were those of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne and 
Enguerrand of Ponthieu, who was already married to Adelaide.[4] Adelaide's marriage 
was apparently annulled c.1049/50 and another marriage was arranged for her, this 
time to Lambert II, Count of Lens, younger son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne 
forming a new marital alliance between Normandy and Boulogne.[5] Lambert was killed 
in 1054 at Lille, aiding Baldwin V, Count of Flanders against Emperor Henry III.[6] Now 
widowed, Adelaide resided at Aumale, probably part of her dower from her first 
husband, Enguerrand, or part of a settlement after the capture of Guy of Ponthieu, her 
brother-in-law.[b][5] As a dowager Adelaide began a semi-religious retirement and 
became involved with the church at Auchy presenting them with a number of gifts.[5] 
In 1060 she was called upon again to form another marital alliance, this time to a 
younger man Odo, Count of Champagne.[7] Odo seems to have been something of a 
disappointment as he appears on only one of the Conqueror's charters and received 
no land in England; his wife being a tenant-in-chief in her own right.[7]

In 1082 King William and Queen Matilda gave to the abbey of the Holy Trinity in Caen 
the town of Le Homme in the Cotentin with a provision to the Countess of Albamarla 
(Aumale), his sister, for a life tenancy.[8] In 1086, as Comitissa de Albatnarla,[8] as 
she was listed in the Domesday Book, was shown as having numerous holdings in 
both Suffolk and Essex,[9] one of the very few Norman noblewomen to have held 
lands in England at Domesday as a tenant-in-chief.[10] She was also given the 
lordship of Holderness which was held after her death by her 3rd husband, Odo, the 
by then disinherited Count of Champagne; the lordship then passed to their son, 
Stephen.[8] Adelaide died before 1090.[11]

Family[edit]

Adelaide married three times; first to Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu (died 1053)[12] 
by whom she had issue:
Adelaide II, Countess of Aumale, m. William de Bréteuil, Lord of Bréteuil, son of 
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford.[8]
Helisende, m. Hugh I of Saint-Pol, mother of Hugh II of Saint-Pol

She married secondly Lambert II, Count of Lens (died 1054),[11] they had a daughter:
Judith of Lens, m. Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria.[13]

Adelaide married thirdly in 1060 Odo, Count of Champagne (d. aft. 1096),[14] by whom 
she had a son:
Stephen, Count of Aumale.[14]



Contents  [hide] 
1 Life
2 Family
3 References
4 Notes


Life[edit]

She was a natural daughter of Robert the Magnificent,[a] Duke of Normandy and born 
c.1030[1] Elisabeth Van Houts, in her article Les femmes dans l’histoire du duché de 
Normandie (or Women in the history of ducal Normandy) mentions Countess Adelaide 
as one of those notable Norman women who were known to have exerted a strong 
influence on their children especially with regard to passing on their own family 
history.[2]

Adelaide's first marriage to Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu potentially gave then 
Duke William a powerful ally in upper Normandy.[3] But at the Council of Reims in 
1049, when the marriage of Duke William with Matilda of Flanders was prohibited 
based on consanguinity, so were those of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne and 
Enguerrand of Ponthieu, who was already married to Adelaide.[4] Adelaide's marriage 
was apparently annulled c.1049/50 and another marriage was arranged for her, this 
time to Lambert II, Count of Lens, younger son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne 
forming a new marital alliance between Normandy and Boulogne.[5] Lambert was killed 
in 1054 at Lille, aiding Baldwin V, Count of Flanders against Emperor Henry III.[6] Now 
widowed, Adelaide resided at Aumale, probably part of her dower from her first 
husband, Enguerrand, or part of a settlement after the capture of Guy of Ponthieu, her 
brother-in-law.[b][5] As a dowager Adelaide began a semi-religious retirement and 
became involved with the church at Auchy presenting them with a number of gifts.[5] 
In 1060 she was called upon again to form another marital alliance, this time to a 
younger man Odo, Count of Champagne.[7] Odo seems to have been something of a 
disappointment as he appears on only one of the Conqueror's charters and received 
no land in England; his wife being a tenant-in-chief in her own right.[7]

In 1082 King William and Queen Matilda gave to the abbey of the Holy Trinity in Caen 
the town of Le Homme in the Cotentin with a provision to the Countess of Albamarla 
(Aumale), his sister, for a life tenancy.[8] In 1086, as Comitissa de Albatnarla,[8] as 
she was listed in the Domesday Book, was shown as having numerous holdings in 
both Suffolk and Essex,[9] one of the very few Norman noblewomen to have held 
lands in England at Domesday as a tenant-in-chief.[10] She was also given the 
lordship of Holderness which was held after her death by her 3rd husband, Odo, the 
by then disinherited Count of Champagne; the lordship then passed to their son, 
Stephen.[8] Adelaide died before 1090.[11]

Family[edit]

Adelaide married three times; first to Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu (died 1053)[12] 
by whom she had issue:
Adelaide II, Countess of Aumale, m. William de Bréteuil, Lord of Bréteuil, son of 
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford.[8]
Helisende, m. Hugh I of Saint-Pol, mother of Hugh II of Saint-Pol

She married secondly Lambert II, Count of Lens (died 1054),[11] they had a daughter:
Judith of Lens, m. Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria.[13]

Adelaide married thirdly in 1060 Odo, Count of Champagne (d. aft. 1096),[14] by whom 
she had a son:
Stephen, Count of Aumale.[14]

Parents
____ Robert II "the Magnificent" (ABT  998 - 2 Jul 1035)
DE FALAISE Herleve (Harlette) (Arlotta) (ABT 1003 - ABT 1050)

Siblings
____ William I "the Conqueror" (14 Oct 1024 - 9 Sep 1087)
OF NORMANDY Adelaide (ABT 1027 - BEF 1090)

Marriage To DE MONTREUIL Enguerrand (ABT 1033 - 25 Oct 1053)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE MONTREUIL Hugh II (ABT 1015 - 20 Nov 1052)
D'AUMALE Bertha (ABT 1010 - )

Marriage To DE BOULOGNE (OF LENS) Lambert (ABT 1022 - 1054)
    m. ABT 1053 

Notes

Parents
____ Eustace (Eustache) I (ABT 1004 - 1049)
DE LOUVAIN Matilda (Mahaut) (ABT  994 - )

Children by DE BOULOGNE (OF LENS) Lambert ABT 1022 - 1054
OF BOULOGNE (OF LENS) Judith (1054 - AFT 1086)

Marriage To ____ Eudes (Odo) (ABT 1037 - AFT 1115)
    m. ABT 1068 

Notes

Parents
____ Stephen II (ABT 1015 - 1047)
____ Adela (ABT 1020 - )

Children by ____ Eudes (Odo) ABT 1037 - AFT 1115
____ Stephen (ABT 1070 - 1127)

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