Adela of Flanders

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Not to be confused with Adela of France, Countess of Flanders.

Adela of Flanders (c. 1064 – April 1115), also known as Ailanda,[1] was Queen consort of Denmark as the wife of King Canute IV and Duchess consort of Apulia as the wife of Duke Roger Borsa, and then minor regent of Apulia from 1111 to 1115 as mother and guardian of Duke William II.

Adela was born the daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders, and Gertrude of Saxony. In 1080 she married King Canute IV of Denmark with whom she had three children: a son, later Count Charles the Good (born in 1084), and twin daughters, Cecilia and Ingegerd (born ca. 1085/86). When Canute was assassinated in 1086, she fled with her son to Flanders, leaving her daughters behind in Denmark.[2]

She stayed in the court of her father and brother Robert II until 1092, when she left for Italy to marry Roger Borsa, Duke of Apulia. She bore her second husband three sons: Louis (who died in infancy in 1094), the future Duke William II (born ca. 1096/97) and Guiscard (who died in boyhood in 1108).[3] She acted as a regent for her son William II at the death of Roger Borsa from 1111 until he came of age in 1114.

Ancestry

Family of Adela of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Rozala of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Frederick of Luxembourg, Count of Moezelgouw
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Ogive of Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Ermentrude, Countess of Gleiberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Robert I, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Hugh Capet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Robert II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Adelaide of Aquitaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Adela of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. William I, Count of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Constance of Arles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Adelaide of Anjou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Adela of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Oda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Heinrich I, Count of Stade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Hildegard of Stade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Hildegard of Reinhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Gertrude of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Berthold of Schweinfurt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Henry of Schweinfurt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Eiliswintha of Walbeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Eilika of Schweinfurt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Heribert von der Wetterau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Gerberga of Hammerstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Irmintrudis von Avalgau
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Women in Power 1100–1150
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.,[better source needed]
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.,[better source needed]
Adela of Flanders
Born: circa 1064 Died: April 1115
Preceded by Queen Consort of Denmark
1080–1086		 Succeeded by
Ingegerd of Norway
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