Advisa of France

Also known as Hedwige, Avoie, Adelle, and Adelaide.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1003.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 5 June after 1063.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Robert II “le Pieux”, king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:72), by Lewis (p. 24), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Mother: Constance d’Arles.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:72), by Lewis (p. 24), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Spouse: Renaud I, count of Nevers and of Auxerre.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:72; 3:196), by Lewis (p. 24), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Guillaume (I) de Nevers (died 20 June 1098), count of Nevers, married (1) Ermengarde, countess of Tonnerre; married (2) Agnès de Baugency.

Henri de Nevers.

Guy de Nevers.

Robert “le Bourguignon” de Nevers, lord of Sablé, married (1) Avoise de Sablé; married (2) Berthe.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Cawley, Charles. “HEDWIGE (Avoie) de France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Stewart, Peter. “Robert II le Pieux (the Pious)” in The Henry Project. (2012)

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).