Adelaide of Italy


Adelaide of Italy
Born931
Orbe, Upper Burgundy
Died16 December 999 (aged 68)
Seltz, Alsace
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized1097 by Pope Urban II[1] (Catholicism)
Feast16 December
Attributesdispensing alms and food to the poor, often beside a ship

Adelaide of Italy (German: Adelheid; 931 – 16 December 999 AD), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great.[2] She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the first empress designated consors regni, denoting a "co-bearer of royalty" who shared power with her husband. She was essential as a model for future consorts regarding both status and political influence.[3][4] She was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991–995.[2]

  1. ^ Vauchez 1990, p. 322.
  2. ^ a b Campbell 1907.
  3. ^ Wilson 2016, p. PR17.
  4. ^ Gaude-Ferragu, Murielle (31 August 2016). Queenship in Medieval France, 1300-1500. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-349-93028-9. Retrieved 6 July 2022.