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OF AQUITAINE Adelaide
Birth: ABT 945
Death: ABT 1004
Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine
Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 –
1004),[1] was queen consort of France by marriage to Hugh Capet.
Life[edit]
Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy,
daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh
Capet, whom she married in 969.[2]
In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was
elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and
blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.
Hugh apparently trusted in her judgement and allowed her to take part in government:
he proposed her to negotiate for him with the regent of the German Empire, empress
Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to their agreement.[1]
Children[edit]
Adeleide and Hugh's children were:
Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969 – after 1013), wife of
Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972–1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king 987 in order to
consolidate the new dynasty
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970–1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.
Parents
____ William (Guillaume) III (I) "Tete d'Etoupe" (ABT 915 - 3 Apr 963)
OF NORMANDY Adele (Gerloc) (ABT 920 - 14 Oct 962)
Siblings
____ William (Guillaume) IV (II) "Fier-a-bras" (ABT 937 - 3 Feb 994)
OF AQUITAINE Adelaide (ABT 945 - ABT 1004)
Marriage To CAPET Hugh ( 941 - 24 Oct 996)
m.
Notes
Parents
OF NEUSTRIA Hugh Magnus "The Great" ( 898 - 16 Jun 956)
OF SAXONY Hedwig (ABT 915 - 14 Mar 965)
Children by CAPET Hugh 941 - 24 Oct 996
CAPET Gisela (ABT 960 - 1002)
____ Hedwig (ABT 972 - AFT 1013)
____ Robert II "the Pious" (27 Mar 972 - 20 Jul 1031)
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