Adélaïde, countess of Vermandois

Events

Date of Birth: about 1065.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Settipani (p. 239).

Date of Death: 28 September, between 1120 and 1124.

Place of Death: unknown

The date is given by Cawley. Settipani (p. 239) gives after 1120 and before 1124.

Relationships

Father: Heribert (VI), count of Vermandois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:532), by Settipani (p. 239), by Crouch (1986, pp.11-12), and by Bouchard (p. 53).

Mother: Adélaïde de Valois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:532), by Settipani (p. 239), by Crouch (1986, pp.11-12), and by Tanner.

Spouse: Hugues I “le Grand”, count of Vermandois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:532), by Settipani (p. 239), by Crouch (1986, pp.11-12), and by Bouchard (p. 53).

Spouse: Renaud (III) de Clermont.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:532) and by Cawley.

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.)

Mathilde married Raoul, lord of Baugency.

Agnès married Bonifacio di Saluzzo, marquis of Vasto.

Constance married Geoffroy de la Ferté-Ancoul.

Isabelle (died 17 February 1131) married (1) Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan; married (2) William (II) de Warenne, earl of Surrey.

Raoul (I) “le Vaillant” (about 1094 - 13 October 1152), count of Vermandois, married (1) Eleanor of Blois; married (2) Aelis d’Aquitaine; married (3) Lauretta of Flanders.

Henri (died 1130), lord of Chaumont-en-Vexin.

Simon (died 10 February 1148), bishop of Noyon.

Guillaume.

Béatrix married Hugues (IV), lord of Gournay-en-Bray.

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. “ADELAIS de Vermandois” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Crouch, David. The Beaumont Twins: The Roots and Branches of Power in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge University Press, 1986).

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).

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