Adélaïde alias Blanche

Events

Date of Birth: perhaps about 945 - 950.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated range is given by Baldwin.

Date of Death: 1026.

Place of Death: Montmajour.

The date and place are given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Foulques II, count of Anjou.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Le Jan (p. 449), by Framond, by Stasser, and by Baldwin.

(presumed) Mother: Gerberge.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Le Jan (p. 449), by Framond, by Stasser, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Étienne de Brioude. Married about 960-965.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Stasser, and by Baldwin. Bachrach calls him Stephen, count of Gévaudan and Forez. Stasser states that he was never a count.

Spouse: Raymond (de Toulouse). Married about 975.

This relationship is not given by Manteyer (p. 255), but Baldwin gives evidence for it. It is given by Framond and Stasser.

Spouse: Louis V (died 21 May 987), king of France.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Bachrach (p. 265), by Stasser, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Guillaume “le Libérateur”, marquis of Provence.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 255), by Bachrach (p. 265), by Stasser, and by Baldwin.

Children (by Étienne):

(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 Baldwin.)

Pons, count of Gévaudan and of Forez, married (1) unknown; married (2) Thiberge, widow of Artaud, count of Forez; possibly married again.

Bertrand.

(probably) Étienne, pseudo-bishop of le Puy.

(probably by Étienne, but possibly by Raymond) Ermengarde, married a count of Auvergne.

Children (by Raymond):

Guillaume Taillefer, count of Toulouse, married (1) Arsinde; married (2) Emme, daughter of Roubaud, count of Provence.

Children (by Guillaume):

Guillaume II (or III) (died 4 March 1019), marquis de Provence, married Gerberge, daughter of Otte-Guillaume, count of Burgundy.

Constance (died 22 July 1034) married Robert II (died 20 July 1031), king of France.

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).

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. “Adélaïde/Alix (Adelaidis, Alaiz, Adelax, Alaicis) alias Blanche (Blanca, Candida) of Anjou” in The Henry Project. (2012)

de Framond, Martin. “La succession des comtes de Toulouse autour de l'an mil (940-1030) : reconsidérations” in Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale Année 1993 Volume 105 Numéro 204 pp. 461-488.

Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VII^e - X^e siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).

Manteyer, Georges. La Provence du premier au douzième siècle. (Paris: 1908).

Thierry Stasser, "Adélaïde d'Anjou. Sa famille, ses mariages, sa descendance", in Le Moyen Age 103,1 (1997): 9-52. Digital copy on academia.edu, accessed 24 January 2018.