Adele of Meaux
Adele of Meaux (c. 934 – c. 982) was a French noblewoman. She was Countess of Chalon and later Countess of Anjou.
Adele of Meaux | |
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Effigy of Adele of Meaux on her tomb | |
Born | c. 934 |
Died | c. 982 |
Buried | St Aubin Abbey, Angers |
Noble family | Carolingian |
Spouse(s) | Geoffrey I of Anjou |
Issue | |
Father | Robert of Vermandois |
Mother | Adelaide-Werra de Chalon |
Adele was a daughter of Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux and Troyes, and Adelaide de Chalon.[1][lower-alpha 1] Adele died in 982.[2]
Family
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.
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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
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