Adèle of Dreux (1145 – after 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),[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:

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:

Adèle died after 1210.

References

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  1. ^ Power 2004, p. 239.
  2. ^ a b c d Painter 2019, Genealogical chart 1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Pollock 2015, p. 184.
  4. ^ a b Evergates 2007, p. 373.
  5. ^ Richard 1992, p. xxviii.
  6. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 92.

Sources

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  • 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.