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Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy 1009–1079 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Mar 1009

Birth Location: Toulouse, France

Death Date: 1079

Death Location: Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium

Father: Robert Franks

Mother: Constance Toulouse

Spouse(s): Boudewijn Rijsel, Richard Normandie

Children(s): Robert Flanders, Boudewijn (Flanders), Matilda England, Constance d'Ypres, Judith Flandre, Giselberthe Flandres, Papie Normandie, Helene Normandy, Alix Bayeux

Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy was born in 1009 in Toulouse, France, the child of Robert Ii The Pious Capet King Of The Franks And Constance D Arles De Toulouse. Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy married Boudewijn V Van Vlaanderen Of Rijsel, Richard Iii De Normandie, and had children including Alix De Normandie Countess De Bayeux, Boudewijn Baldwin Vi Van Vlaanderen Flanders, Constance D Ypres, Giselberthe De Flandres, Helene Le Bon De Normandy, Judith De Flandre, Matilda Maud Beaucleric Van Vlaanderen Flanders Queen Consort Of England, Papie De Normandie, Robert I Van Vlaanderen Flanders. Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy passed away in 1079 in Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium.

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Biography

  • Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy was born in 1009 in Toulouse, France, the child of Robert Ii The Pious Capet King Of The Franks And Constance D Arles De Toulouse.
  • Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy married Boudewijn V Van Vlaanderen Of Rijsel, Richard Iii De Normandie, and had children including Alix De Normandie Countess De Bayeux, Boudewijn Baldwin Vi Van Vlaanderen Flanders, Constance D Ypres, Giselberthe De Flandres, Helene Le Bon De Normandy, Judith De Flandre, Matilda Maud Beaucleric Van Vlaanderen Flanders Queen Consort Of England, Papie De Normandie, Robert I Van Vlaanderen Flanders.
  • Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy passed away in 1079 in Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Franks
–1031
Birth Location: Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
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Constance Toulouse
–1032
Birth Location: Arles, France
CT

Spouses(s)

Boudewijn Rijsel
1013–1067
Birth Location: Lille, Vlaanderen, België
BR
Richard Normandie
1000–1027
Birth Location: Normandië, France
RN

Children(s)

Robert Flanders
1035–1093
Birth Location: Kasteel van Wijnendale, Wijnendale, West Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
RF
Boudewijn (Flanders)
1030–1070
Birth Location: Mons, Arrondissement de Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
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Matilda England
1031–1083
Birth Location: Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
ME
Constance d'Ypres
1036–1094
Birth Location: –
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Judith Flandre
1033–1094
Birth Location: Flanders
JF
Giselberthe Flandres
1035–1094
Birth Location: Lille, Frankrijk
GF
Papie Normandie
1027–
Birth Location: –
PN
Helene Normandy
1028–1070
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
HN
Alix Bayeux
1021–1098
Birth Location: Falais, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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Adela Normandy's Ancestors

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Adela Normandy
1009–1079
Birth Place: Toulouse, France
Parents
Robert II 'The Pious' Capet, King of the Franks
–1031
Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
Constance (d'Arles De) Toulouse
–1032
Arles, France
Grandparents
Hugues (House of Capet (founder), King of the) Franks
Paris, Seine, France
Adelais ((Adelaide) Aquitaine\Poitiers Queen) Consort
–1006
Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
William (I Guillaume 'the liberatore' d'Arles, Count of Provence, retired to become a) monk
France
Adelais (Adelaide of) Anjou
–1026
Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Great-Grandparents
Hugues Paris
Hedge Franks
William Aquitaine
Gerloc Normandy
Boson Avignon
Fulk Anjou
Gerberge d'Anjou
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Francia
Beatrice Francia
Heinrich dynasty
Saint Germany
Ebalus Aquitaine
Hrolf pagan
Poppa Christian
Rotbald d'Arles
Fulk Anjou
Roscille Lochar
Hervé Maine
Godehilde Maine

Adela Normandy's Descendants

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Adela (Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of) Normandy (5 Mar 1009–1079) m. Boudewijn (V van Vlaanderen, of) Rijsel (1013–7 SEP 1067) m. Richard (III de) Normandie (1000–6 Aug 1027)
  1. 1. Robert (I van Vlaanderen) Flanders 1035–1093 m. Geertruida (van) Saksen 1033–1113
    1. 1. Gertrudis (van) Vlaanderen 1080–1117 m. Henry (III House of Reginar, Count of) Louvain –1095
    2. 2. Rosamunda (van) Vlaanderen 1090–1114 m. Beerwout (II van) Egmond 1094–1114
      1. 1. Aelbert (Heer van Egmond\) heer 1130–1168
    3. 3. Boudewijn (VII van) Vlaanderen 1058–1119
    4. 4. Filips (van) Vlaanderen 1067–1127
    5. 5. Ogiva ((Abdis van Messines) van) Vlaanderen 1071–1127
    6. 6. Adele (av) Flandern 1064–1115
    7. 7. Etienne (Flamdrensis van) Vlaanderen 1066–
    8. 8. Peter (van) Vlaanderen 1073–
    9. 9. Florenz (van) Vlaanderen 1075–
    10. 10. Dietrich (van) Vlaanderen 1076–
    11. 11. Albert (van) Vlaanderen 1077–
    12. 12. Floris (II Van) Holland –1061
    13. 13. Ogiva (Abbess of Messines De) Flanders 1075–1140
    14. 14. Machteld (Gravin van) Holland 1057–
    15. 15. Robert (II 'the Crusader' de Fleming, Count of Flanders, 1st) Crusade 1065–1111 m. Lady (Ida Clementia de Chiny, Duchess of) Namur 1073–1117 m. Clementia (of) Bourgogne 1078–1133
      1. 1. Sir (Freskin de Moray ( Murray), Liard of) Duffus 1107–1172 m. Lady Fleming 1111–
        1. 1. William (Murray, Liard van) Duffus 1140–1205 m. Margaret (Bruce of) Huntingdon 1169–1188
      2. 2. Sir (Baldwin VII de Fleming Count of) Flanders 1093–1119
  2. 2. Boudewijn (Baldwin VI van Vlaanderen) (Flanders) 1030–1070 m. Richilde (de Hainaut von) Egisheim 1027–1086
    1. 1. Baldwin (VII (Boudewijn) House of Flanders (Vlaanderen), Count of Hainaut, 1st) Crusade 1056–1098 m. Ida (van) Brabant 1054–1089
      1. 1. Baldwin (III (Boudewijn) van Henegouwen, Count of) Hainaut 1087–1120
        1. 1. Baldwin (IV 'the Builder' of Flanders, Count of) Hainaut 1108–1171
  3. 3. Matilda (Maud Beaucleric van Vlaanderen ( Flanders), Queen consort of) England 1031–1083 m. William (I The Conqueror House of Normandy, 1st Norman King of) England 1028–1087
    1. 1. Henry (I ' Beauclerc' de Norman House of Anjou, Angevin King of England, Duke of Normandy; Charter of Liberties-Coronation) Charter 1068–1135 m. Edith (Mathilde Scotia dit) Maud 1080–1118 m. Matilda (Edith Dunkeld, Queen consort of) England 1080–1118 m. Adeliza (of Louvain, dowager Queen consort of) England 1103–1151 m. Sybilla Corbet 1077–1158 m. Nesta (verch Rhysap, brought as prized hostage to William Rufus'court , she came to attention of brother Henry Beauclerc (future King Henry) I) 1073–1163 m. Edith (Forne, concubine, the foundress of Osney Abbey near) Oxford –1129
      1. 1. William (Adelin Aetheling Ætheling House of Normandy, Duke of Normandy, heir to English throne. early death without issue caused Anarchy succession) crisis 1103–1120 m. Matilda (van Anjou, Abbess of Fontevraud) Abbey 1105–1119
      2. 2. Matilda (( Maud) Norman of Anjou, Empress of) Germany 1102–1167 m. Geoffrey (V Plantagenet-1st (House of Gatinais), Count of Anjou, Duke of) Normandy 1113–1151
        1. 1. Henry (II 'Curtmantle' Plantagenet-Angevin, 1st Plantagenet King of England, spoke) French 1133–1189 m. Eleanor (of Aquitaine Queen of) England 1122–1204 m. Ida (de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk, a royal ward & mistress of King) Henry 1156–1226
        2. 2. Hamelin ('The Bastard' d'Anjou Plantagenet\de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, Vicomte de Touraine, illegitimate, a half-brother of King Henry) II 1130–1202 m. Isabella (de) Warenne 1136–1199
        3. 3. Guillaume (I Plantagenet, Graaf van) Poitou 1136–1163 m. Cecily (FitzMiles, Countess Of Hereford) FitzPayne 1120–1204
        4. 4. Emma Plantagenet 1138–
        5. 5. Agnes Plantagenet 1130–1192
        6. 6. Geoffrey (VI "Mantell" Plantagenet, Count of) Nantes 1134–1157
      3. 3. Henry (FitzRoy, held lands from his royal father in Narberth and) Pebidiog, 1103–1158
      4. 4. Sybilla (de Normandy, Queen consort of) Scotland 1092–1122 m. Alexander (I 'The Fierce' King of) Scotland 1078–1124
      5. 5. Constance (Fitz Henry, Viscountess of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe and du Maine, Illegitimate daughter of King Henry) I 1098– m. Roscelin (de Beaumont, Vicomte de Beaumont et du) Maine 1095–1145
        1. 1. Richard (de Beaumont, Viscount of) Maine 1138–1194
      6. 6. Robert (Fitz Roy de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, chief military supporter of Empress Matilda during The Anarchy civil war,) illegitimate 1100–1147 m. Mabel (FitzHamon, Countess of) Gloucester 1100–1157
        1. 1. William (FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of) Gloucester 1116–1183 m. Hawise (Beaumont,) Bellomont –1197
      7. 7. Alix (or Aline FitzRoy (de Norman), illegitimate by one of his) mistresses –1141 m. Mathieu (I de Montmorency, lord of Montmorency, Marly, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Attichy, Constable of) France 1090–1160
        1. 1. Bouchard (V de Montmorency, Lord of Montmorency, Baron de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Ecouen, de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, d'Attichy et) d'Herouville 1129–1189 m. Laurette (of Flanders, Daughter of Baldwin IV of) Hainaut –1181
        2. 2. Theobald (de Montmorency, seigneur de Marly, crusade in) 1173 –1189
        3. 3. Herve (de Montmorency, abbot of Saint-Martin de Montmorency, then deacon of the Church and dean of) Paris –1192
      8. 8. Robert (fitzEdith, feudal lord of Okehampton,) illegitimate 1093–1172
    2. 2. Robert (II Curthose, Duke of Normandy, capture by Henry I of England at the Battle of Tinchebrai (1106), 1st) Crusade 1054–1134
      1. 1. William ('Clito' =Anglo-Saxon "Aetheling" House of Normandy, Count of Flanders, no) issue 1102–1128 m. Sybyl (Sibylle of Anjou, Countess consort of) Flanders 1112–1165
    3. 3. William (II Rufus, King of) England 1056–1100
    4. 4. Lady (Cecilia of Normandy, Abbess of Trinity Norman) Dynasty 1056–1126
    5. 5. Adeliza (Norman) Dynasty –1113
    6. 6. Agatha (Norman) Dynasty –1113
    7. 7. Matilda (Norman) Dynasty 1061–1086
    8. 8. Lady (Constance Norman Dynasty, Duchess of) Brittany –1090 m. Alain (IV "Alan the Strong" Fergant Cornwall dynasty de Bretagne, Duke of Brittany, Count of Nantes and) Rennes 1063–1119
    9. 9. Adela (of) England 1067–1138 m. Etienne (Henri de) BLOIS 1045–1102
      1. 1. Stephen (I de Blois, King of England, seen as weak and indecisive, setting the country up for a civil war, commonly called The) Anarchy 1092–1154 m. Mathilde (de Boulogne, Countess of Boulogne - Queen Consort of) England 1103–1152
        1. 1. Eustace (IV van Blois Count of) Boulogne 1131–1153 m. Constance (Capet of France, Queen Consort of Bologone , Countess of) Toulouse 1124–1176
        2. 2. William (de Blois, Count of Boulogne, 4th Earl of) Surrey 1137–1159 m. Isabella (de) Warenne 1136–1199
        3. 3. Baldwin (House of) Blois 1126–1135
        4. 4. Maria (I of Blois Countess of) Boulogne 1136–1182 m. Mathew Alsace 1137–1173
      2. 2. Theobald (the Great II de Blois) Count 1093–1151 m. Mathilde (Carinthia-Sponheim,) Princess 1097–1160
        1. 1. Alix ('Adele' of Champagne, Queen consort of) France 1140–1206 m. Louis (VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd) Crusade 1120–1180
        2. 2. Henri (I House of Blois, Count of) Champagne 1127–1181 m. Marie (of France Princess, Countess) consort 1145–1198
        3. 3. Marie (de) Blois 1128–1190 m. Eudes (Odo II de) Bourgogne 1120–1162
        4. 4. Theobald ((or Thibaut) V de) Blois 1130–1191
        5. 5. Guillaume (de) Blois 1135–1202
      3. 3. Eleanor (de) Blois 1100–1147 m. Ralph (I Raoul Capet, Count of Vermandois, Amiens and of Crépy; appointed sénéchal de France by Louis VI in 1131, eldest son of) Hugh –1152
      4. 4. Matilda (of) Blois 1084–
      5. 5. William (House of Blois, Count of) Sully 1088–1152
      6. 6. Emma (de) Blois 1075–1187 m. Herbert (de Winchester, The Chamberlain, Treasurer under William II and Henry) I 1060–1130
        1. 1. Herbert (Fitzherbert, Lord of Blaen Llyfni, Lord Chamberlain of) England 1107–1155 m. Sybilla Corbet 1077–1158
  4. 4. Constance d'Ypres 1036–1094 m. Wauthier (Walter de) Bailleul 1025–1079
    1. 1. Estelle (de) Bailleul 1069–1129
  5. 5. Judith (de) Flandre 1033–1094
  6. 6. Giselberthe (de) Flandres 1035–1094 m. Anselme (de) Mailly 1035–1070
    1. 1. Regnault (de) Mailly 1065–1141
    2. 2. Wautier (de) Mailly 1071–1151
    3. 3. Arnould (de) Mailly 1062–1109
    4. 4. Jacqueline (de) Mailly 1063–1119
  7. 7. Papie (de) Normandie 1027–
  8. 8. Helene ('le Bon' de) Normandy 1028–1070 m. Waldron (Walderne de St.) Clare 1019–1054
    1. 1. Agnes (de) Saint-Clair 1054–1100 m. William (I House of Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber,) Norman 1049–1093
      1. 1. Philip (de Braose, 2nd Lord of Bramber, Anglo-Norman nobleman, Marcher) Lord 1072–1134 m. Aenor (Eva de Totnais) Totnes 1084–1153
        1. 1. William (de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber,) Anglo-Norman 1135–1179 m. Bertha (Herford de) Pîtres 1130–
  9. 9. Alix (de Normandie, Countess De) Bayeux 1021–1098 m. Ranulph ("The Rich" de Bayeux, Vicomte De Bayeux, Battle of) Hastings 1017–1089
    1. 1. Ranulph (II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman) Knight 1070–1129 m. Lady (Lucy Lucia de Taillebois, Countess of Avranches, Bayeux,) Bolingbroke 1074–1136 m. Lady (Margaret Marguerite Maud d'Avranches, Heiress of) Chester 1054–1146
      1. 1. Adeliza ('Alice' de Meschines, Countess of Clare and Hertford, Baroness Clare and) Condet 1096–1142 m. Richard (Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of) Clare 1090–1136 m. Hasculf (de St Hilary, given name (Harscoit) was of Breton origin, but was Normanized as) "Hasculf" 1090–1130
        1. 1. Roger (de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, 5th Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and) Cardigan 1117–1173 m. Maud (de Saint) Hilaire 1132–1193
        2. 2. Rohese (Fitzrichard de) Clare 1120– m. Gilbert (de Gant (Gaunt), Earl of) Lincoln 1126–1156
        3. 3. Adeliza (de) Clare 1115–1163
        4. 4. James (de St.) Hilary 1105–1154
        5. 5. Isabel (de) Clare 1084–1121 m. William (de Mortaigne) FitzRichard 1060–1140
      2. 2. Sir (Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of) Chester 1099–1153 m. Lady (Lucy Lucia de Taillebois, Countess of Avranches, Bayeux,) Bolingbroke 1074–1136 m. Maud (de Caen, founded Repton Priory in 1172 in Derbyshire,) England 1120–1189
        1. 1. Hugh (de) Kevelioc 1147–1181 m. Bertrade (de Montfort de Meschines, Countess of) Evreux 1155–1189
      3. 3. Sir (William I de Meschines, Earl of Skipton, Baron Meschines of) Craven 1072–1131
      4. 4. Geoffrey (de) Meschines 1074–
    2. 2. Warner (Fitz) Ranulph 1044–1089
    3. 3. Simon (I 'The Crusader' de Bayeux, Earl of) Northampton 1046–1111

Adela Normandy's Timeline

3 Records

1009
5 Mar 1009
Birth of Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy in Toulouse, France
Toulouse, France
1078
8 Jan 1078
Age 69
Death of Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy in Monastaere De Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France
Monastaere De Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France
1079
1079
Age 70
Burial of Adela Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy in Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1009
    Event Place: Toulouse, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1078
    Event Place: Monastaere De Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Age:
    68

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1079
    Event Place: Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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