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Adela of Flanders

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Not to be confused with Adela of France, Countess of Flanders.

Adela of Flanders (c. 1064 – April 1115), also known as Ailanda,[1] was Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess consort of Apulia by marriage to Duke Roger Borsa, and then minor regent of Apulia from 1111 to 1115 as mother and guardian of Duke William II.

Life

Adela was born the daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders, and Gertrude of Saxony. In 1080 she married King Canute IV of Denmark. The marriage was arranged as a part of an alliance between Flanders and Denmark toward William the Conqueror. [2] During this marriage, she had three children: a son, later Count Charles the Good (born in 1084), and twin daughters, Cecilia and Ingegerd (born ca. 1085/86). When Canute was assassinated in 1086, she fled with her son to Flanders, leaving her daughters behind in Denmark.[3]

She stayed in the court of her father and brother Robert II until 1092, when she left for Italy to marry Roger Borsa, Duke of Apulia. She bore her second husband three sons: Louis (who died in infancy in 1094), the future Duke William II (born ca. 1096/97) and Guiscard (who died in boyhood in 1108).[4] She acted as a regent for her son William II at the death of Roger Borsa from 1111 until he came of age in 1114.

Ancestry

Family of Adela of Flanders
16. Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
8. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
17. Rozala of Italy
4. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
18. Frederick of Luxembourg, Count of Moezelgouw
9. Ogive of Luxembourg
19. Ermentrude, Countess of Gleiberg
2. Robert I, Count of Flanders
20. Hugh Capet
10. Robert II of France
21. Adelaide of Aquitaine
5. Adela of France
22. William I, Count of Provence
11. Constance of Arles
23. Adelaide of Anjou
1. Adela of Flanders
24. Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony
12. Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
25. Oda
6. Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
26. Heinrich I, Count of Stade
13. Hildegard of Stade
27. Hildegard of Reinhausen
3. Gertrude of Saxony
28. Berthold of Schweinfurt
14. Henry of Schweinfurt
29. Eiliswintha of Walbeck
7. Eilika of Schweinfurt
30. Heribert von der Wetterau
15. Gerberga of Hammerstein
31. Irmintrudis von Avalgau

References

  1. ^ Women in Power 1100–1150
  2. ^ Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
  3. ^ Template:MLCC
  4. ^ Template:MLCC
Adela of Flanders
Born: circa 1064 Died: April 1115
Preceded by Queen Consort of Denmark
1080–1086 		Succeeded by
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