Adela of Normandy

Adela of Blois or Adela of Normandy (c. 1062, † March 8, 1138 ) was through her ​​marriage Countess of Blois, Chartres and Meaux. She was a daughter of William the Conqueror and the mother of five sons, including Stephen of Blois, King of England, Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester and Theobald the Great ( Theobald II of Champagne and Theobald IV of Blois ).

Life

Adela of Blois ' birth year is believed 1060-1064, but there are also indications that she was not born until after the accession of her father in 1066. One of the scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depicts her engagement to Harald of Kent, who but the engagement aufkündigte later. She married sometime 1080-1084 Stephen II of Blois, 1089 Heritage of the counties of Blois, Chartres and Meaux.

Adela was regent for her husband while he was absent as one of the leaders of the First Crusade ( 1095-1098 ). It is due not least to them, that he returned to the East to see his crusade vow, Jerusalem, still to meet, he had broken with his departure from the siege of Antioch. Therefore, she was regent from 1101 again, when he joined the crusade of 1101 joined. Since he fell in the Second Battle of Ramla in 1102, she led the regency on for their minor children.

Adela was in frequent correspondence with Anselm of Canterbury. Her last years she spent as a nun in the convent Marcigny.

Your children with Stephan were:

  • Wilhelm ( † 1150 ), insane and disinherited, lord of Sully
  • Theobald IV
  • Mathilda; ∞ 1115 Richard of Avranches, Earl of Chester
  • Adela; ∞ 1112 Milo II of Monthlery, Vicomte de Troyes
  • Stephen of Blois, King of England
  • Heinrich ( † 1171 ), Bishop of Winchester in 1121, later became a monk at Cluny
Counts of Blois Duke of Chartres Stephen, King of England Theobald II, Count of Champagne Stephen, Count of Blois William, Count of Sully Integrated Authority File
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