Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders
Ca 1009 - 1079 (~ 70 år)-
Navn Adèle of France Suffiks Countess of Flanders Født Ca 1009 Frankrike 
Kjønn Kvinne Død 8 Jan 1079 Monastere De L'O, Messines, France Person ID I500990 Haslund Sist endret 15 Jul 2019
Far Robert II the Pious, King of the Franks, f. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, France , d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, France (Alder 59 år) Mor Constance of Arles, f. Ca 986, Arles, France , d. 28 Jul 1032, Melun, France (Alder ~ 46 år) Famile ID F500276 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
Familie Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, f. 1012, Belgium , d. 1 Sep 1067, Lille, France (Alder 55 år) Barn 1. Robert I (the Frisian), Count of Flanders, f. Ca 1032, d. 13 Okt 1093 (Alder ~ 61 år) Sist endret 15 Jul 2019 Famile ID F500273 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
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Notater Adèle of France[a] known also as Adela the Holy or Adela of Messines; (1009 – 8 January 1079, Messines), she was the Countess of Normandy (January 1027–August 1027),Countess of Flanders (1035–1067)
Life
Adèle was the second daughter of Robert II (the Pious), and Constance of Arles.[1] In January 1027 she married Richard III, Duke of Normandy.[2] The marriage was short-lived for on 6 August of that same year Richard III suddenly died.[2] Adela then married Baldwin V, Count of Flanders in 1028.[3]
Adèle's influence lay mainly through her family connections. On the death of her brother, Henry I of France, the guardianship of his seven-year-old son Philip I fell jointly on his widow, Ann of Kiev, and on his brother-in-law, Adela's husband, so that from 1060 to 1067, they were Regents of France.[4]
In 1071, Adela's third son, Robert the Frisian, planned to invade Flanders even though at that time the Count of Flanders was Adela's grandson, Arnulf III. When she heard about Robert's plans, she asked Philip I to stop him. Philip sent soldiers to support Arnulf including a contingent of ten Norman knights led by William FitzOsborn. Robert's forces attacked Arnulf's numerically superior army at Cassel before it could organize, and Arnulf was killed along with William FitzOsborn. Robert's overwhelming victory led to Philip making peace with Robert and investing him as Count of Flanders. A year later, Philip married Robert's stepdaughter, Bertha of Holland, and in 1074, Philip restored the seigneurie of Corbie to the crown.
Adèle had a strong interest in Baldwin V’s church reforms and was behind her husband’s founding of several collegiate churches. Directly or indirectly, she was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire (1049), Lille (1050) and Harelbeke (1064) as well as the abbeys of Messines (1057) and Ename (1063). After Baldwin’s death in 1067, she went to Rome, took the nun’s veil from the hands of Pope Alexander II and retired to the Benedictine convent of Messines, near Ypres. There she later died and was buried at the convent. Honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, her commemoration day is 8 September.
Family
Her first marriage was in 1027 to Richard III, Duke of Normandy (died 1027). They had no children.
Her second marriage was in 1028 to Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (died 1067).[3] Their children were:
- Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (c. 1030–1070).[3]
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1032–1083). In c. 1053 she married William, Duke of Normandy, the future King of England and had issue.[3]
- Robert I, Count of Flanders (c. 1035–1093).
- Web content link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A8le_of_France,_Countess_of_Flanders Adele of France