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Abt 1062 - 1137 (75 years)
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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]
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Birth |
Abt 1062 |
Normandy, France [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 [1, 2, 4, 6] |
Burial |
Abbey Of the Holy Trinity in Caen [2] |
Person ID |
I21251 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
Father |
William I The CONQUEROR, b. 1028, Falaise, Normandy, France d. Between 09 and 10 Sep 1087, Priory of St. Gervais, near Rouen |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Matilda Of FLANDERS, b. 1031/2, Flandres d. Between 02 and 03 Nov 1083, Caen, Normandy |
Relationship |
Birth |
Married |
Between 1051 and 1053 |
Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu [2, 3, 4] |
Marriage |
1053 [6, 7] |
Family ID |
F02195 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Stephen III Of BLOIS, b. 1046, Blois, France d. 19 May 1102, Battle of Ramlah in the Holy Land (Age 56 years) |
Marriage |
Between 1080 and 1085 |
Breteuil and Chartres [2, 4, 6] |
Children |
| 1. Thibaut IV, b. Abt 1085, Blois, France d. 08 Jan 1152 (Age 67 years) [Birth] |
| 2. William Of CHAMPAGNE, b. Abt 1086, Blois, France d. 1150 (Age 64 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Philippe Of CHAMPAGNE, b. Abt 1092 [Natural] |
| 4. Humbert DE CHAMPAGNE, b. Abt 1094 d. young [Natural] |
| 5. Matilda/Lucia d. 25 Nov 1120, Drowned in the wreck of the "White Ship" [Birth] |
| 6. Stephen of BLOIS, b. Abt 1095, Blois, England d. 25 Oct 1154, St Martins Prior, Dover, England (Age 59 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Adela Of CHAMPAGNE, b. Abt 1098, Blois, France d. 1118 (Age 20 years) [Natural] |
| 8. Henry Of BLOIS, b. 1099, Blois, France d. 06 Aug 1171, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 72 years) [Natural] |
| 9. Agnes Of CHAMPAGNE [Natural] |
| 10. Alice Of CHAMPAGNE, b. Abt 1100, Blois, France d. Abt 1145 (Age 45 years) [Natural] |
| 11. Eleanor Of CHAMPAGNE, b. Abt 1104, Blois, France d. Between 14 Oct 1141 and 1142 (Age 37 years) [Natural] |
| 12. Eudo Of CHAMPAGNE |
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Family ID |
F02197 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
13 Apr 2022 |
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Event Map |
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| Burial - - Abbey Of the Holy Trinity in Caen |
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Sources |
- [S5452] Alan J. Koman, A Who's Who of Your Ancestral Saints, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore).
- [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.
- [S02170] Tompsett, Brian C., Directory of Royal Genealogical Data.
- [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).
- [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
- [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.
- [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000
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