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]
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),[2] 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.[3] Her brother, Walter III of Châtillon, provided her dowry through the sale of Pierrefonds.[4] They had:
- Guy III (d. 1191)[3]
- Alix (d. 1193), married William de Garlande (d. 1216),[4] and had issue
- Walter III of Châtillon[3]
- Marie of Châtillon, first wife of Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, divorced 1190.[3] (2) Married Robert de Vieuxpont.[3](3) Married John III, count of Vendome.[3]
She married thirdly John I de Thorotte[5] and had:
- John, castellan of Noyon (d. 1237),[2] married Odette de Dampierre (d. 1212) and had issue.
- Ralph, bishop of Verdun(1224-1245)[2]
Her final marriage was to Ralph, Count of Soissons,[6] with whom she had:
- Gertrude (d. 1220); married Matthew II of Montmorency, (d. 1230)[2]
- Eleanor, who married Stephen II of Sancerre (died 1252) (son of Stephen I of Sancerre) and had issue.
Adèle died after 1210.
References edit
- ^ Power 2004, p. 239.
- ^ a b c d Painter 2019, Genealogical chart 1.
- ^ a b c d e f Pollock 2015, p. 184.
- ^ a b Evergates 2007, p. 373.
- ^ Richard 1992, p. xxviii.
- ^ Pollock 2015, p. 92.
Sources edit
- Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Painter, Sidney (2019). The Scourge of the Clergy: Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany. Johns Hopkins University 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.