1411539633 Adelaide DE POITIERS Reine de France
(Abt 945-1004)

 

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1. 1411539632 Hugues CAPET , Roi de France

1411539633 Adelaide DE POITIERS Reine de France

  • Born: Abt 945
  • Marriage (1): 1411539632 Hugues CAPET , Roi de France before 969
  • Died: 1004 aged about 59

  General Notes:

Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 \endash 1004)[1] was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.

Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2] In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.
Children

Adeleide and Hugh's children were:

Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969\endash after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972\endash 1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king 987 in order to consolidate the new dynasty
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970\endash 1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu

A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.


Adelaide married 1411539632 Hugues CAPET , Roi de France before 969. (1411539632 Hugues CAPET , Roi de France was born between 939 and 941 in Dourdan, France and died on 24 Oct 996 in Prasville, Eure & Loire, France.)


F. Ferran 30-11-2024


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