Individual Details

Adelais de Vermandois

(Abt 950 - Aft 6 Mar 974)

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Adelais de Vermandois
F, #3983, b. circa 950, d. after 975
Last Edited=5 Dec 2015
Adelais de Vermandois was born circa 950. She was the daughter of Robert, Comte de Troyes and Adelheide de Bourgogne. She married Geoffrey I d'Anjou, 4th Comte d'Anjou, son of Fulk II d'Anjou, Comte d'Anjou and Gerberge de Tours, in a Y marriage.1 She died after 975.
Urk. 978 tot.1
Children of Adelais de Vermandois and Geoffrey I d'Anjou, 4th Comte d'Anjou

Gerberge d'Anjou
Maurice d'Anjou d. a 994
Fulco III d'Anjou, 5th Comte d'Anjou+ d. 22 May 1040
Ermengarde d'Anjou+ b. c 964

Citations

[S7803] Christof Steineg von Steinig, online unknown url, Christof Steineg von Steinig (unknown location).

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Sources for Adele of Troyes

1 American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1989, Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 3.

2 Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 481.

3 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 562-569.

4 Wikipedia, "Adele of Meaux", (accessed 02/21/2010).
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Adele of Meaux
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Adele of Meaux
AdelaVermandois.jpg
Effigy of Adele of Meaux on her tomb
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
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][a] 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
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

Events

BirthAbt 950
DeathAft 6 Mar 974
Alt nameAdele of Meaux
Alt nameAdele of Troyes

Families

SpouseGeoffrey I d'Anjou "Grisegonelle" (930 - 987)
ChildErmengarde of Anjou (966 - )
ChildFulk III of Anjou (970 - 1040)
FatherRobert of Vermandois (910 - 967)
MotherAdelaide of Burgundy (920 - 967)