Individual Details
Adele of Normandy
(912 - 14 Oct 962)
Poitou, region and former province, W France on Atlantic coast. Counts of Poitou took the title dukes of Aquitaine in 9th century.
(Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953
According to Wikipedia:
Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux.[1] She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.
In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962:
William IV of Aquitaine
Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
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Poitou, region and former province, W France on Atlantic coast. Counts of Poitou took the title dukes of Aquitaine in 9th century.
(Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953
According to Wikipedia:
Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux.[1] She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.
In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962:
William IV of Aquitaine
Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
(Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953
According to Wikipedia:
Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux.[1] She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.
In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962:
William IV of Aquitaine
Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Poitou, region and former province, W France on Atlantic coast. Counts of Poitou took the title dukes of Aquitaine in 9th century.
(Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953
According to Wikipedia:
Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux.[1] She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.
In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962:
William IV of Aquitaine
Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
Events
| Birth | 912 | Normandy, France | |||
| Marriage | 935 | William III "Towhead," Duke of Aquitaine | |||
| Death | 14 Oct 962 | Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France | |||
| Title (Nobility) | Princess of Normandy |
Families
| Spouse | William III "Towhead," Duke of Aquitaine (915 - 963) |
| Child | William IV "Fierebras," Duke of Aquitaine (937 - 994) |
| Child | Adelaide of Poitou (950 - 1006) |
| Father | Rollo Ragnvaldsson, Duke of Norway (870 - 932) |
| Mother | Poppa of Bayeux (872 - ) |
| Sibling | William I "Long Sword," Duke of Normandy (893 - 943) |