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Countess of Flanders and Normandy Saint Adela Capet

Countess of Flanders and Normandy Saint Adela Capet

Female 1003 - 1079  (76 years)

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  • Name Saint Adela Capet  [1, 2] 
    Title Countess of Flanders and Normandy 
    Birth 1003  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Kinfolk of Note Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott 
    Name the Holy 
    Occupation After Baldwin’s death, 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 
    Ordained Saint Adela of Messines is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, and her commemoration day is 8 September  [4] 
    Religion Adèle had an especially great interest in Baldwin V’s church-reform politics and was behind her husband’s founding of the Colleges of Aire, Lille and Harelbekeas well as the abbeys of Messines and Ename 
    Death 8 Jan 1079  Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Benedictine convent of Messines
    Person ID I10182  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father King of the Franks Robert Capet, II,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Constance True d'Arles de Provence,   b. 27 Mar 985, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1032, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1001  [5, 6] 
    • In 1010 King Robert II went to Rome to secure an annulment from Constance. Pope Sergius IV, a friend to the Angevin counts, upheld the marriage and additionally upheld Adelaide's struggle to maintain control of lands at Montmajour Abbey
    Family ID F3033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Duke of Normandy Richard de Normandy, III,   b. 1001, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1027, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage Jan 1027 
    Marriage End Death of Richard in 1027 
    Family ID F3352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Count of Flanders Baldwin de Flanders, V,   b. 19 Aug 1012, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1066, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Aug 1027  Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • After the death of Richard III
    Children 
     1. Queen consort of the Kingdom of England Matilda de Flanders,   b. 1031, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F3398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aug 1027 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Jan 1079 - Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Adela of France    		Adela of France

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Baldwin DE FLANDERS

    2. [S189] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Matilda DeFlanders

    4. [S454] Saints, Saint Adela of Messines.
      Born a princess, the daughter of King Robert the Pious of France. Sister of Henry I. Married to Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. Mother of Baldwin VI. Mother-in-law of William the Conqueror. Widowed in 1036. Benedictine nun, receiving the veil from Pope Alexander II. She retired to a quiet, prayerful life at Messines convent near Ypres, Belgium.
      http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-adela-of-messines/

    5. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.

    6. [S295] Wikipedia: Robert III of France, Robert Capet II.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France


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