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Adela Of ENGLAND

Female Abt 1062 - 1137  (75 years)


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  • Name Adela Of ENGLAND  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Adela was born around 1062 and was the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror and his wife Mathilde of Flanders. She was very well educated, spoke several languages, and was deeply religious. Around 1080/81, she married Stephen III, Count of Blos who was one of the richest men in Europe and a king in all but name. They had eleven children.

      Adela's formidable political abilities first showed themselves in 1095 when Stephen became one of the leaders of the First Crusade and left for the Holy Land. He was County of Blois, Champagne, Brie, and Chartres and controlled hundreds of estates in France. he was away four years, and Adela was such an effective ruler of his domains in his absence that she became known as "the heroine of the Fist Crusade."

      From 1099 when Stephen returned until he departed again on the Crusade of 1101, Adela continued to support several scholars and poets that she had invited to her court and that significantly contributed to the spiritual and cultural life of her era.

      From 1101, Adela was once again ruling Stephen's domains. After May 1102 when he was killed at the battle of Ramleh, she became regent for their eldest son Thibaud and was the most important woman in Europe until he came of age in 1109. She generously endowed abbeys and churches. Several letters on ecclesiastical matters written to her by Hildebert, bishop of Le Mans, have survived.

      Around 1122, Adela became a nun, entered the Cluniac priory of Marigney-sur-Loiure, and died there on 8 march 1137. She was buried in Caen in the abbey of the Holy Trinity next to her mother and her sister Cecilia.

      Adela's brothers William and Henry both became kings of England, as William II and Henry I. So did her son Stephen. [1]
    Birth Abt 1062  Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Also Known As Alice Princess of England 
    Birth Abt 1062  [4] 
    Death 8 Mar 1137  Cluniac Priory of Marcigny-sur-Loire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6] 
    Burial Abbey Of the Holy Trinity in Caen Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I21251  Main Tree
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2016 

    Father William I The CONQUEROR,   b. 1028, Falaise, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 09 and 10 Sep 1087, Priory of St. Gervais, near Rouen Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Matilda Of FLANDERS,   b. 1031/2, Flandres Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 02 and 03 Nov 1083, Caen, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married Between 1051 and 1053  Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Marriage 1053  [6, 7] 
    Family ID F02195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen III Of BLOIS,   b. 1046, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1102, Battle of Ramlah in the Holy Land Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage Between 1080 and 1085  Breteuil and Chartres Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Thibaut IV,   b. Abt 1085, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jan 1152 (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
     2. William Of CHAMPAGNE,   b. Abt 1086, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1150 (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     3. Philippe Of CHAMPAGNE,   b. Abt 1092  [Natural]
     4. Humbert DE CHAMPAGNE,   b. Abt 1094   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     5. Matilda/Lucia   d. 25 Nov 1120, Drowned in the wreck of the "White Ship" Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Stephen of BLOIS,   b. Abt 1095, Blois, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1154, St Martins Prior, Dover, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
     7. Adela Of CHAMPAGNE,   b. Abt 1098, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1118 (Age 20 years)  [Natural]
     8. Henry Of BLOIS,   b. 1099, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Aug 1171, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Natural]
     9. Agnes Of CHAMPAGNE  [Natural]
     10. Alice Of CHAMPAGNE,   b. Abt 1100, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1145 (Age 45 years)  [Natural]
     11. Eleanor Of CHAMPAGNE,   b. Abt 1104, Blois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 14 Oct 1141 and 1142 (Age 37 years)  [Natural]
     12. Eudo Of CHAMPAGNE
    Family ID F02197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Abbey Of the Holy Trinity in Caen Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5452] Alan J. Koman, A Who's Who of Your Ancestral Saints, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore).

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S02170] Tompsett, Brian C., Directory of Royal Genealogical Data.

    4. [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).

    5. [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.

    6. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    7. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000


  

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