Individual Details

Adelaide of Aquitaine

(Ca 945 - Bet 1004 and 1005)

Sources for Adelaide of Aquitaine
1 American-Canadian Genealogist, Manchester, New Hampshire: American-Canadian Genealogical Society, 1999, Iss. 82, Vol. 25, No. 4, p. 175.
2 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 548, 551, 555, 562-569.
3 Wikipedia, "Adelaide of Aquitaine", (accessed 02/21/2010).
4 Wurts, John S., Magna Charta, New York: Brookfield Publishing Company (1942), 1653.


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From thePeerage.com

Adelaide de Poitou
F, #105197, b. circa 945, d. between 1004 and 1005
Last Edited=28 Oct 2013
Adelaide de Poitou was born circa 945. She was the daughter of Guillaume III, Duc d'Aquitaine and Adele de Normandie.1,2 She married Hugues de Paris, Roi de France, son of Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris and Hedwig von Sachsen, circa 969.3 She died between 1004 and 1005.2
Children of Adelaide de Poitou and Hugues de Paris, Roi de France

Gisèle Capet, Princesse des Francs+4 b. 968, d. 1002
Robert II, Roi de France+3 b. 27 Mar 972, d. 20 Jul 1031

Citations

[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 13. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 63. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
[S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."
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From Wikipedia

Adelaide of Aquitaine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adelaide of Aquitaine
Queen consort of the Franks
Adelaide of Aquitaine.jpg
Tenure 987–996
Born c. 945/952
Died 1004
Spouse Hugh Capet
Issue Hedwig, Countess of Mons
Robert II of France
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu
House House of Capet
House of Poitiers
Father William III of Aquitaine
Mother Adele of Normandy

Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 – 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–after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972–1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king 987 in order to consolidate the new dynasty
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970–1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu

A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.
References

"Women's Biography: Adelaide of Aquitaine, queen of the Franks". Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
"Adelaide of Aquitaine (wife of Hugh Capet, King of France)". RoyaList Online. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

Events

BirthCa 945
MarriageAbt 968King Hugh "Hugues de Paris" Capet
DeathBet 1004 and 1005
Death1004
Alt nameAdelaide de Poitou

Families