Adela VON VERMANDOIS

Adele of Vermandois (bef. 915–960) was both a Carolingian as well as a Robertian Frankish noblewoman who was the Countess of Flanders (934–960).

Life[edit]

Adele,born c. 910–915^[1] was a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois and his wife, Adele, daughter of Robert I of France.^[2] She died in 960 in Bruges.^[1]

In 934 Adele married Count Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890 – 965).^[3] Togetherthey had the following children:

• Hildegarde,^[a] born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk II, Count of Holland.^[4]
• Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.^[3]
• Egbert, died 953.^[3]
• Baldwin III of Flanders.^[3] (c. 940 – 962). Married Mathilde Billung of Saxony (c. 940 – 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung, and had issue, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (c. 960 – 987), who succeeded as count after Arnulf I, skipping one generation.
• Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.^[3]