Adele of Vermandois

Adele of Vermandois (bef. 915–960) was both a Carolingian as well as a Robertian Frankish noblewoman who was the Countess of Flanders (934–960).

Life

Adele, born c. 910–915^[1] was a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois and his wife, Adele, daughter of Robert I of France.^[2] She died in 960 in Bruges.^[1]

In 934 Adele married Count Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890 – 965).^[3] Together they had the following children:

• Hildegarde,^{[lower-alpha 1]} born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk II, Count of Holland.^[4]
• Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.^[3]
• Egbert, died 953.^[3]
• Baldwin III of Flanders.^[3] (c. 940 – 962). Married Mathilde Billung of Saxony (c. 940 - 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung, and had issue, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (c. 960 – 987), who succeeded as count after Arnulf I, skipping one generation.

• Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adele of Vermandois

Bernard, King of Italy (797 – 818)               Pepin, Count of Vermandois (c. 818 - a. 858)                       Cunigunda of Laon               Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (c. 849 – 907)                             Herbert II of Vermandois (d. 943)                                   Bertha de Morvois                             Adele of Vermandois                                         Robert III of Worms (800-834)               Robert the Strong (820 – 866) Margrave of Neustria                       King Robert I of France (866–923)                             Adelaide of Tours (c.820-c.866)                       Hildebrante                                   Aelis

See also

• Counts of Flanders family tree

Notes

1. ↑ It remains uncertain if Hildegarde was Arnulf's daughter by his first wife, whose name was not preserved, or by his second wife Adele. See: Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143

References

1. 1 2 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 49
2. ↑ The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916–966, eds. & trans. Steven Fanning: Bernard S. Bachrach (New York; Ontario, Can: University of Toronto Press, 2011), pp. 21 n. 77, 92
3. 1 2 3 4 5 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5
4. ↑ Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143

Preceded by Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders	Countess of Flanders 934–960	Succeeded by Mathilde of Saxony