Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois
Deceased Person
1062 – 1122
Who was Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois?
Adelaide of Vermandois was suo jure Countess of Vermandois and Valois and the last member of the Carolingian dynasty.
Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, and Adele of Valois and of the Vexin. Her brother was Eudes, Count of Vermandois, married to Hedwig. Later became Lord of Saint-Simon by marriage.
Adelaide married firstly Hugh Magnus, son of the Capetian King Henry I of France and younger brother of Philip I of France. By this marriage she had nine children:
Matilda, married Ralph I of Beaugency
Beatrice, married Hugh III of Gournay
Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester
Ralph I
Constance, married Godfrey de la Ferté-Gaucher
Agnes, married Boniface of Savone
Henry, Lord of Chaumont en Vexin
Simon
William, possibly married to Isabella, illegitimate daughter of King Louis VI of France
In 1104, she married secondly Renaud II, Count of Clermont. By this marriage she had one daughter, Margaret, who married Charles I, Count of Flanders.
In 1102, Adelaide was succeeded by her son, Ralph I. Adelaide died in 1122 and the Carolingian dynasty died out with her.
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- 1062
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- Died
- 1122
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on July 23, 2013
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