Adèle d’Anjou

Countess of Vendôme

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 26 February, between 1033 and 1035.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Foulques III “Nerra”, count of Anjou.

This relationship is given by Barthélemy (p. 291), by Bachrach, by van Eickels, and by Baldwin.

Mother: Élisabeth de Vendôme.

This relationship is given by Barthélemy (p. 291), by Bachrach, by van Eickels, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Bodo de Nevers.

This relationship is given by Barthélemy (p. 295), noting “C’est un faux (TV 95) qui donne son nom. Mais l’identification est plausible.” It is also given by Bachrach and by van Eickels.

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.)

Bouchard “le Chauve”, count of Vendôme.

Foulques “l’Oison” (died 21 or 22 November 1066), count of Vendôme, married Petronilla de Château-Renaud.

Guy, count of Vendôme, married Agnes.

A son.

References

Bachrach, Bernard S. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, (University of California Press, 1993).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Foulques (Fulk, Fulco) III "Nerra"” in The Henry Project.

Barthélemy, Dominique. La société dans le comté de Vendôme de l’an mil au XIV^e siècle (Fayard, 1993).

Cawley, Charles. “ADELA d'Anjou” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Eickels, Karl van. Anjou genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.