Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois

Abt 1065 - Between 1121 and 1123  (~ 56 years)

• Name	Adelaide , Countess of Vermandois  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Countess of Vermandois
  Born	Abt 1065  [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Between 1121 and 1123  [3]
  Notes	Adelaide of Vermandois (1062-1122) was suo jure Countess of Vermandois and Valois and the last member of the Carolingian dynasty. Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, and Adele of Valois and of the Vexin. Her younger brother Otto became Count of Vermandois upon their father's death in 1080. However, five years later, he was disinherited by the council of Barons of France because of his mental illness. Thus, Adelaide and her husband succeeded to the Counties of Vermandois and Valois. Adelaide married firstly Hugh Magnus, son of the Capetian King Henry I of France and younger brother of Philip I of France. By this marriage she had nine children: Matilda(1080-1130), married Ralph I of Beaugency Beatrice (1082 - after 1144), married Hugh III of Gournay Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester (1081-1131) Ralph I (1085-1152) Constance (born 1086, date of death unknown), married Godfrey de la Ferté-Gaucher Agnes (1090-1125), married Boniface of Savone Henry (1091-1130), Lord of Chaumont en Vexin Simon (1093-1148) William, possibly married to Isabella, illegitimate daughter of King Louis VI of France In 1104, she married secondly Renaud II, Count of Clermont. By this marriage she had one daughter, Margaret, who married Charles I, Count of Flanders. In 1102, Adelaide was succeeded by her son, Ralph I. Adelaide died in 1122 and the Carolingian dynasty died out with her.
  Person ID	I1411	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Herbert, IV Count of Vermandois,   b. Abt 1028,   d. Abt 1080  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Adele of Valois
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F391	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hugh, I of Vermandois,   b. 1057,   d. 18 Oct 1101, Tarsus, Icel, Turkey  (Age 44 years)
  Married	Abt 1080  [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester,   b. Abt 1081,   d. 17 Feb 1130/31  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F1222	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_I_of_Vermandois. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide,_Countess_of_Vermandois. [S191] Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition, Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, (Name: Little, Brown and Company; Location: London, U.K.; Date: 1999;).