Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois
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Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 September 1120) was suo jure Countess of Vermandois and Valois from 1080 to 1120. She was the last landed ruler of the Carolingian dynasty.
Adelaide | |
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Died | 1120 or 1124 |
Noble family | Carolingian dynasty |
Spouse(s) | Hugh I, Count of Vermandois Renaud II, Count of Clermont |
Father | Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois |
Mother | Adele of Valois |
Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and Adele of Valois.[1][2]
By 1080,[3] Adelaide married Hugh, son of the Capetian King Henry I of France and younger brother of Philip I of France.[4] Hugh became Count of Vermandois, following Adelaide's father's death.[lower-alpha 1][5]
In 1104, Adelaide married Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis.[6] By this marriage, Adelaide had a daughter, Margaret of Clermont.
In 1102, Adelaide was succeeded by her son, Ralph I. Adelaide died in 1120, being the last Carolingian to hold the County of Vermandois.