Adela of Meissen

Adela of Meissen
Queen consort of Danmark
Reign	1152–1157
Spouse	Sweyn III of Denmark Adalbert III, Count of Ballenstedt
Issue	son (died in infancy) Luccardis, Margravine of Istria Gertrudis
House	Estridsen Wettin
Father	Conrad, Margrave of Meissen
Mother	Luitgard of Ravenstein
Died	23 October 1181

Adela of Meissen (also Adelheid or Adele) (died 23 October 1181) was a Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark. She was the daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, and Luitgard of Ravenstein.

Adela was born in Meissen.^[1] She was married to Sweyn in 1152. As queen of Denmark, Adela was not popular, but criticized for influencing her spouse to abandon Danish customs in favour of German ones.

Widowed in 1157, she married count Adalbert III of Ballenstedt.

Issue

Issue with Swein

Son, died early
Luccardis, spouse of Margrave Berthold I of Istria.

Issue with Adalbert

Gertrudis, spouse of Walther of Arnstein

References

↑ "Adela of Meissen (fl. 1100s)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research Inc. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

Alf Henrikson: Dansk historia (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish)
Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): När hände vad i Nordens historia (When did what happen in the history of the Nordic countries) (1997)
Biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 1. ed.

Adela of Meissen House of Wettin Born: ? Died: 23 October 1181
Preceded by Lutgard of Salzwedel *(Queen consort)*	Royal Consort of Denmark (Queen consort) 1152–1157	Succeeded by Helena of Sweden (Queen consort)

Danish royal consorts

Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (1972–present) Ingrid of Sweden (1947–1972) Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1912–1947) Louise of Sweden (1906–1912) Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1863–1898) Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1839–1848) Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel† (1808–1839) Caroline Matilda of Great Britain† (1766–1775) Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel† (1752–1766) Louise of Great Britain† (1746–1751) Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach† (1730–1746) Anne Sophie Reventlow† (1721–1730) Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1699–1721) Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel† (1670–1699) Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1648–1670) Anne Catherine of Brandenburg† (1597–1612) Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1572–1588) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg† (1534–1559) Sophie of Pomerania† (1523–1533) Isabella of Austria†‡ (1515–1523) Christina of Saxony†‡ (1481–1513) Dorothea of Brandenburg†‡ (1445–1448 & 1449–1481) Philippa of England†‡ (1406–1430) Helvig of Schleswig (1340–1374) Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (1330–1331) Euphemia of Pomerania (1326–1330) Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1296–1319) Agnes of Brandenburg (1273–1286) Margaret Sambiria (1252–1259) Matilda of Holstein (1250–1252) Jutta of Saxony (1239–1250) Eleanor of Portugal (1229–1231) Berengaria of Portugal (1214–1221) Dagmar of Bohemia (1205–1213) Gertrude of Bavaria (1182–1197) Sophia of Minsk (1157–1182) Helena of Sweden (1156–1157) Adela of Meissen (1152–1157) Lutgard of Salzwedel (1144–1146) Malmfred of Kiev† (1134–1137) Ulvhild Håkansdotter‡ (1130–1134) Margaret Fredkulla† (1104–1130) Boedil Thurgotsdatter (1095–1103) Ingegerd of Norway‡ (1086–1095) Adela of Flanders (1080–1086) Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter (1076–1080) Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir‡ (1050–1052) Gyda of Sweden (1048–1049) Emma of Normandy† (1017–1035) Sigrid the Haughty†‡ Gunhild of Wenden† Tove of the Obotrites† (970–986) Gyrid of Sweden (952–970) Thyra (900–935)

† also Queen of Norway ‡ also Queen of Sweden