Adela of Champagne
French queen consort
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Adela of Champagne (French: Adèle; c. 1140 – 4 June 1206; also known as Adelaide and Alix) was Queen of France as the third wife of Louis VII. She was the daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia. She was named after her grandmother, Adela of Normandy.
| Adela of Champagne | |
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| Queen consort of Franks | |
| Tenure | 1164–1180 |
| Coronation | 1164 |
| Born | c. 1140 Blois, France |
| Died | 4 June 1206 (aged 65–66) Paris, France |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Philip II of France Agnes, Byzantine Empress[1] |
| House | Blois |
| Father | Theobald II, Count of Champagne |
| Mother | Matilda of Carinthia |
Louis and Adela married on 18 October 1160. They had two children. Their son was Philip II. Philip was Louis's only son. Their daughter was the Byzantine empress Agnes.[2]
When Adela's husband died in 1180, her son became king. In 1190, she acted as regent while Philip was away on the Third Crusade.
Queen Adela died on 4 June 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. She was buried in the church of Pontigny Abbey near Auxerre.
Family tree
change| 16. Odo II, Count of Blois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Theobald III, Count of Blois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Ermengarde of Auvergne | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Stephen II, Count of Blois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18. Herbert I, Count of Maine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Gersende of Maine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Theobald II, Count of Champagne | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20. Robert I, Duke of Normandy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. William the Conqueror | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21. Herleva | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Adela of Normandy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Matilda of Flanders | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Adela of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Adèle of Champagne | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Siegfried of Sponheim | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Egelbert I of Sponheim | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Richgard | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Hedwig of Eppenstein | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Matilda of Carinthia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28. Count Rapotos IV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Ulrich I, Count of Passau | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Matilda | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Utta of Passau | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30. Kuno of Lechsgemünd | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Adelaide of Frontenhausen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Matilda of Horburg | |||||||||||||||||||
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- ↑ Garland, Lynda. Byzantine empresses: women and power in Byzantium, AD 527–1204. London, Routledge, 1999.
- ↑ Gislebert of Mons' Chronicon
| French royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Constance of Castile |
Queen of France 1164–1180 |
Succeeded by Isabella of Hainault |