Adela of Normandy ‡
Biography
Adela of Normandy, countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux was born circa 1062 in Normandy , France to William I of England (1027-1087) and Matilda of Flanders (c1031-1083) and died 8 March 1138 Marcigny , Saône-et-Loire , France of unspecified causes. She married Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102) 1080 JL . William I of England (1027-1087) , Charlemagne (747-814) , Hugh Capet (c940-996) , Rollo of Normandy (860-932) , Alfred the Great (849-899)/s , Charlemagne (747-814)/s , Rollo of Normandy (860-932)/s .
Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England , also known as Saint Adela in Roman Catholicism, was Countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux by marriage to Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102) . She was regent of Blois during the absence of her spouse in 1096-1100 and 1101-02, and during the minority of her son from 1102 until 1120.
She was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders . She was also the mother of Stephen, King of England and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester.
Children
Offspring of Stephen II, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy (c1062-1138)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Guillaume of Blois (c1086-1150)
1086 Blois
1150
Agnes de Sully (c1085-c1102)
Theobald II, Count of Champagne (c1088-1152)
1088 Blois , France
8 January 1152
Mathilde von Spanheim (c1107-c1160)
Odo of Blois (c1090-)
1090 Blois
Adélaïde de Blois (c1092-c1139)
1092 Blois
1139
Milon de Montlhéry (1085-1118)
Humbert of Blois (c1094-)
1094 Blois
Stephen of England (c1095-1154)
1095 Blois , Loir-et-Cher , Centre-Val de Loire , France
25 October 1154 Dover Priory, Dover , Kent , England , United Kingdom
Damette (c1095-) Damette (c1095-) Matilda de Boulogne (1105-1152)
Maud of Blois (c1097-1120)
1097 Blois
25 November 1120 English Channel
Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (1094-1120)
Henry of Blois (c1098-1171)
1098 Blois
8 August 1171
Agnes of Blois (c1099-1129)
1099 Blois
1129
Hugh III du Puiset (-1132)
Alix of Blois (c1100-1145)
1100 Blois
1145
Renaud de Joigny (c1090-1134)
Eléonore of Blois (c1104-1147)
1102
1147
Raoul I de Vermandois (1085-1152)
Siblings
#g1: Offspring of William I of England (1027-1087) and Matilda of Flanders (c1031-1083)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Robert III, Duke of Normandy (c1051-1134)
1051 , (Normandy)
10 February 1134 , (Cardiff Castle+ Glamorganshire+ Wales)
Sybilla of Conversano (-1103)
Richard of Normandy (c1054)
1054 , Normandy
1081 , New Forest , Hampshire
Adeliza of Normandy (c1055)
1055 , Normandy
1065 ,
Cecilia of Normandy (c1055)
1055 , Normandy , France
30 July 1126 , Caen , Calvados , France
William II of England (c1056-1100)
1056 , Normandy , France
2 August 1100 , New Forest , England , United Kingdom
Matilda of Normandy (c1061-1086)
1061 , Normandy , France
1086 , France
Adela of Normandy (c1062)
1062 , Normandy , France
8 March 1138 , Marcigny , Saône-et-Loire , France
Stephen II, Count of Blois (c1045-1102)
Agatha of Normandy (c1064)
1064 ,
1079 ,
Constance of Normandy (c1066-1090)
1066 ,
1090 ,
Alain Fergent de Bretagne (c1060-1119)
Henry I of England (1068-1135)
13 June 1068 , Selby , Yorkshire , England , United Kingdom
1 December 1135 , St. Denis-le-Fermont near Gisors, Picardy, Lyons-la-Forêt , Eure , France
Ansfrid (1070-) + Matilda of Scotland (c1080-1118) + Sybil Corbet (1077-) + Edith (bef1135-) + Gieva de Tracy (bef1135-) + Nest ferch Rhys (c1073-aft1136) + Isabel de Beaumont (bef1135-) + Adeliza of Leuven (1103-1151)
References
‡ General
wikipedia:en:Adela of Normandy
Kimberly LoPrete, Adela of Blois and Ivo of Chartres: Piety, Politics, and the Peace in the Diocese of Chartres , Anglo-Norman Studies 19
Kimberly LoPrete, The Anglo-Norman Card of Adela of Blois , Albion 22 (1990)
Parsons, John Carmi. Medieval Mothering (New Middle Ages), 1996
₪ Wedding
between 1080 and 1083, around her fifteenth birthday
Thurstan , Rtol , Phlox , MainTour