Adelaide of Poitiers
Abt 950 - Between 1004 and 1005 (~ 54 years)-
Name Adelaide of Poitiers [1] Born Abt 950 [2] Gender Female Died Between 1004 and 1005 [3] Notes - Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 - 1004) was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.
Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969. In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.
Children
Adeleide and Hugh's children were:
Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969-after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972-1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king 987 in order to consolidate the new dynasty
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970-1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.
Person ID I1525 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father William, III Duke of Aquitaine, b. Abt 915, Poitiers, France 
, d. 03 Apr 963, Saint-Maixent-l'École, Poitou, France (Age ~ 48 years) Relationship Natural Mother Adele of Normandy, b. Abt 912, d. 14 Oct 962, France (Age ~ 50 years) Relationship Natural Married Abt 936 [4] Family ID F431 Group Sheet
Family Hugh Capet, b. Abt 938, Paris, Île-de-France, France , d. 24 Oct 996, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age ~ 58 years) Married Abt 969 [5] Children 1. Robert, II of France, b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Orléanais, France , d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 59 years)2. Gisela of France, b. Abt 968, d. Abt 1002 (Age ~ 34 years) Family ID F277 Group Sheet
- Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 - 1004) was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.
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