Adele of Valois

Map of France in 1030

Adele of Valois (Adèle/Adélaïde) was a daughter of Ralph IV of Valois and Adele of Bar-sur-Aube.[1]

She married firstly Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and they had:

  1. Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois
  2. Odo I, Count of Vermandois

She was also the second wife of Theobald III, Count of Blois[2] and they had:

  1. Philip, who became bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne[3]
  2. Odo, who inherited possessions in Champagne (Troyes). He died in 1093, leaving the possessions to his brother Hugh.
  3. Hugh,[3] who became the first to be called count of Champagne.
  4. Hawise, also known as Hawise of Guingamp, wife of Stephen, Count of Tréguier.[4]
  1. ^ Bautier 1985, p. 554.
  2. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 248.
  3. ^ a b Evergates 2007, p. 268.
  4. ^ Morin 2010, p. 184.