Events
Date of Birth: about 1092.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: 18 November 1154.
Place of Death: Montmartre.
The date and place are given by Cawley.
Place of Burial: Montmartre, église abbatiale de Saint-Pierre.
The place is given by Nolan (p. 47).
Relationships
Father: Humbert II “le Renforcé”, count of Maurienne and of Savoy.
This relationship is given père Anselme (1:75), by Cokayne (p. 88), by Dufour (p. 465), by Huneycutt (p. 28), and by Palluel-Guillard.
Mother: Gisèle de Bourgogne.
This relationship is given père Anselme (1:75), by Cokayne (p. 88), by Dufour (p. 465), by Huneycutt (p. 28), and by Palluel-Guillard.
Spouse: Louis VI “le Gros”, king of France. Married in 1115.
This relationship is given père Anselme (1:75), by Cokayne (p. 88), by Dufour (p. 465), by Huneycutt (p. 28), and by Palluel-Guillard.
Spouse: Matthew of Montmorency, constable of France. Married in 1141.
This relationship is given by Huneycutt (p. 28).
Children (by Louis):
(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 and from Dufour fig. 7.)
Philippe de France (29 August 1116 - 13 October 1131).
Louis de France (1120 - 18 or 19 September 1180), later Louis VII “le Jeune”, king of France, married (1) Aliènor d’Aquitaine; married (2) Constanza de Castilla; married (3) Alix de Blois.
Henri de France (born between 1121 and 1123 - died 13 November 1175), bishop of Beauvais, archbishop of Reims.
Hugues de France (born about 1122, died young).
Robert de France (about 1122 - October 1188), lord de Dreux, married (1) Hawise de Salisbury; married (2) Agnès de Baudément.
Pierre de France (1126 - 10 March, about 1183) married Elisabeth de Courtenay.
Constance de France (about 1128 - after 1177) married (1) Eustachie de Blois; married (2) Raymond V, count of Toulouse.
Philippe de France (1132 or 1133 - 5 September 1161).
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).
Cawley, Charles. “ADELAIDE de Maurienne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).
Dufour, Jean. "Louis VI, roi de France (1108-1137), à la lumière des actes royaux et des source narratives" in Comples rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 134e année, N.2, 1990. pp. 456-482.
Huneycutt, Lois L. “The Creation of a Crone: The Historical Reputation of Adelaide of Maurienne” in Capetian Women (ed. Kathleen Nolan) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
Nolan, Kathleen. “The Tomb of Adelaide of Maurienne and the Visual Imagery of Capetian Women” in Capetian Women (ed. Kathleen Nolan) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
Palluel-Guillard, André. “Humbert II” in La Maison de Savoie at sabaudia.org.
Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maisons souveraines du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).