Adelaide of Lauffen

Adelaide of Lauffen (also Adelheid von Lauffen; c. 1060/1075 – after 1130) was a German noblewoman of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Family Background

Adelaide was the daughter of Count Henry II of Lauffen (d.1067) and his wife, Ida of Hövel (1030?-1090), daughter of Bernard I, count of Werl and Hövel. From her parents, Adelaide inherited Hövel, Unna, Telgte und Warendorf.[1]

Marriages and Children

Adelaide was married twice. Around 1090, Adelaide married, as her first husband, Adolf II of Berg.[2] With Adolf Adelaide had three sons:

After Adolf’s death in 1106, Adelaide married Frederick I/V, count of Sommerschenburg, and count palatine of Saxony (r. 1111-1120). With Frederick, Adelaide had two children:

  • Frederick II/VI of Sommerschenburg, count palatine of Saxony (d.1162), who married his niece, Lutgard of Salzwedel[4]
  • Adelaide, who married Goswin II of Heinsberg, and had two children with him: Goswin III of Heinsberg, and Philip of Heinsberg, later archbishop of Cologne (r.1167-1191).[5]

Notes
  1. Annalista Saxo; Leidinger, Untersuchungen, p. 119.
  2. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 411; Kraus, Die Entstehung der Landesherrschaft, p. 27.
  3. Corsten and Gillessen, '‘Philipp von Heinsberg’'.
  4. Leidinger, Untersuchungen, p. 119.
  5. Corsten and Gillessen, '‘Philipp von Heinsberg'’.
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References
  • S. Corsten and L. Gillessen, '‘Philipp von Heinsberg 1167-1191. Erzbischof und Reichskanzler. Studien und Quellen Museumsschriften des Kreises Heinsberg 12 (Heinsberg, 1991).
  • A. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte Band I, Teilband 2 Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser II (R.G. Fischer Verlag, 1994).
  • P. Leidinger, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Grafen von Werl. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Hochmittelalters. Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens Abteilung (Paderborn, 1965).
  • T.R. Kraus, Die Entstehung der Landesherrschaft der Grafen von Berg bis zum Jahre 1225 (Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1981).
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