Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou

Abt 947 - 1026  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou  [1]
  Born	Abt 947  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1026  [1]
  Buried	Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [1]
  Notes	She married Louis V, Roi de France, son of Lothair, Roi de France and Emma of Italy, circa 982. Adelaide (c. 947-1026), called the White, was the daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberga. She was therefore the sister of Geoffrey Greymantle. She was married five times to some of France's most important noblemen. Her first marriage, probably before 960, was to Stephen, Viscount of Gévaudan. Her second marriage was to Raymond III, Count of Toulouse and Prince of Gothia, in 975. He died in 978. In 982, she married Louis V of France, the young son of Lothair of France, and the two were crowned King and Queen of Aquitaine on the same day at Brioude. The large difference in age between the spouses was cause for a quick divorce in 984. She fled then to Arles, where she contracted, against papal advice, a marriage with William I of Provence in 984. She gave him a daughter, Constance of Arles, who later married Robert II of France. Her final marriage was to Otto-William, Count of Burgundy.
  Person ID	I3480	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Fulk, II Count of Anjou,   b. Abt 905,   d. 11 Nov 958, Tours, France  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Gerberga de Tours,   d. Abt 952
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Raymond, Prince of Gothia,   d. 978
  Married	975  [1]
  Children	1. William, III Count of Toulouse,   b. Abt 947,   d. Sep 1037  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Family ID	F2316	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Louis, V of France,   b. Abt 967,   d. 21 May 987  (Age ~ 20 years)
  Married	982	Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France   [3]
  Divorced	984  [3]
  Family ID	F2317	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	William, I of Provence,   b. Abt 950,   d. Aft 29 Aug 993, Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	984	Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [4]
  Children	1. Constance of Arles,   b. Between 973 and 986,   d. 25 Jul 1034  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F2326	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide-Blanche_of_Anjou. [S372] Fulk Nerra, the neo-Roman consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, Bernard S. Bachrach, (Name: University of California Press; Location: Berkeley and Los Angeles; Date: 1993;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_V_of_France. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Provence.