Adelaide of Paris

Abt 853 - 901  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Adelaide of Paris  [1]
  Born	Abt 853  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Nov 901	Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France   [1]
  Buried	Compiègne, Oise, Picardie, France   [1, 2]
  Notes	Adélaïde de Paris (or Aélis) (c. 850/853 - 10 November 901) was the second wife of Louis the Stammerer, King of Western Francia, and was the mother of Charles the Simple. Life Adelaide was the daughter of the count palatine Adalard of Paris. Her great-grandfather was Bégon, Count of Paris. Her great-grandmother, Alpaïs, wife of Bégon, was the illegitimate daughter of Louis the Pious by an unnamed mistress. Adelaide was chosen by Charles the Bald, King of Western Francia, to marry his son and heir, Louis the Stammerer, despite the fact that Louis had secretly married Ansgarde of Burgundy against the wishes of his father. Although Louis and Ansgarde already had two children, Louis and Carloman, Charles prevailed upon Pope John VIII, to dissolve the union. This accomplished, Charles married his son to Adelaide in February 875. However, the marriage was called into question because of the close blood-kinship of the pair. When on 7 September 878 the pope crowned Louis (who had succeeded his father in the previous year), the pope refused to crown Adelaide. When Louis the Stammerer died in Compiegne on 10 April 879, he had no heirs by Adelaide; she was, however, pregnant, giving birth on 17 September 879, to Charles the Simple.[2] The birth of this child led to a dispute between Adelaide and her deceased husband's repudiated wife, Ansgarde. Ansgarde and her sons accused Adelaide of adultery; Adelaide in turn disputed the right of Ansgarde's sons to inherit. Eventually, Adelaide succeeded in winning the case; but despite this, Ansgarde's sons Louis and Carloman remained kings until their deaths without heirs in 882 and 884 respectively, with the crown then being contested between Odo, Count of Paris and Charles the Fat. Charles the Simple eventually succeeded to his father's throne in 898; his mother assisted in crowning him. Adelais of Paris died in Laon on 10 November 901. She was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiègne, Picardy, France. Children Ermentrude, born c. 875/878 Charles III "the Simple", born 17 September 879, King of France 898-923,
  Person ID	I1459	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Adalard of Paris,   b. Abt 830,   d. Abt 890  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F1488	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Louis II The Stammerer, King of the Franks,   b. 07 Nov 846,   d. 10 Apr 879, Compiegn, France  (Age 32 years)
  Married	875  [3]
  Children	1. Ermentrude of France,   b. 870,   d. 914  (Age 44 years)   2. Charles, Roi de France III,   b. 17 Sep 879,   d. 07 Oct 929, Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France  (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F409	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia. [S222] Capetiens 481-987, Christian Settipani & Patrick van Kerrebrouck. [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).