Adèle of Dreux
Adèle of Dreux (1145 – aft. 1210) was a member of Norman French nobility, daughter of Robert I, Count of Dreux and his second wife Hawise of Salisbury.[1]
Coat-of-arms of Dreux.
She married Valéran III, Count of Breteuil on 24 June 1156, and had the following issue:
- Adèle (d. 1195), married Raoul le Roux.
- Amicia (1160–1226), married Baldwin de Yerres, John Briard & Gauthier de Rinsel and had issue.
- Mahaut, married Simon of Clermont (d. 1187) and had issue.
After Valéran's death in 1162, she married secondly Guy II of Châtillon.[2] Her brother, Walter III of Châtillon, provided her dowry through the sale of Pierrefonds.[3] They had:
- Guy III (d. 1191)[2]
- Alix (d. 1193), married William de Garlande (d. 1216),[3] and had issue
- Walter III of Châtillon[2]
- Marie of Châtillon, first wife of Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, divorced 1190.[2] (2) Married Robert de Vieuxpont.[2](3) Married John III, count of Vendome.[2]
She married thirdly John I de Thorotte[4] and had:
- John (d. 1237), married Odette de Dampierre (d. 1212) and had issue.
- Joan
- Philip
Her final marriage was to Ralph, Count of Soissons,[5] with whom she had:
- Gertrude (d. 1220); married Matthew II of Montmorency, (d. 1230) and had issue.
- Eleanor, who married Stephen II of Sancerre (died 1252) (son of Stephen I of Sancerre) and had issue.
Adèle died after 1210.
References
- Power 2004, p. 239.
- Pollock 2015, p. 184.
- Evergates 2007, p. 373.
- Richard 1992, p. xxviii.
- Pollock 2015, p. 92.
Sources
- Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
- Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman frontier in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Cambridge University Press.
- Richard, Jean (1992). Lloyd, Simon (ed.). Saint Louis: Crusader King of France. Translated by Birrell, Jean. Cambridge University Press.
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