Adele of Meaux
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| Adele of Meaux | |
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| File:AdelaVermandois.jpg
Effigy of Adele of Meaux on her tomb
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| Spouse(s) | Lambert, Count of Chalon Geoffrey I of Anjou |
| Issue
by Lambert:
Hugh I Mahaut Aelis by Geoffrey I: Fulk III of Anjou Geoffrey Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou |
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| Noble family | Carolingian |
| Father | Robert of Vermandois |
| Mother | Adelaide-Werra de Chalon |
| Born | c. 934 |
| Died | c. 982 |
| Buried | St Aubin Abbey, Angers |
Adele of Meaux (c. 934 – c. 982), (a.k.a. "Adele of Vermandois") was a French noblewoman. She was Countess of Chalon and later Countess of Anjou.
Adele was a daughter of Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux and Troyes, and Adelaide de Chalon.[1][lower-alpha 1] Adele died in 982.[2]
Family
She married c. 970 Lambert, Count of Chalon († 22 February 978). Their children were:
- Hugh I of Autun, Bishop of Auxerre and Count of Chalon. († 1039).[3]
- Mahaut of Autun, Dame de Donzy († bef. 1019).[3]
- Aelis of Chalon, who married c. 991 Guy I, Count of Macon.[3]
She married Geoffrey I of Anjou (c. 938/940 – July 21, 987). Their children were:
- Fulk III of Anjou (970-1040), he succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.
- Geoffrey of Anjou (971-977), died young.
- Ermengarde, Countess of Rennes and Duchess of Brittany
Notes
- ↑ According to Bachrach, Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, pages 9, 273, Adele's father was Herbert II, Count of Vermandois.
References
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 49
- ↑ Bernard S. Bachrach, Fulk Nerra the Neo-Roman Consul, 987–1040 (Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993), p. 11
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 3 (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1985), Tafel 433
