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Adelaide of Aquitaine
Queen consort of France

Tenure	987–996
Spouse	Hugh Capet
Issue
Hedwig, Countess of Mons Robert II of France Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu
House	House of Capet Poitiers
Father	William III of Aquitaine
Mother	Adele of Normandy
Born	c. 945/952
Died	1004

Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 – 1004)^[1] was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.

Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.^[2] In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.

Children

Adeleide and Hugh's children were:

Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969–after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972–1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king 987 in order to consolidate the new dynasty
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970–1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu

A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.

References

^ "Women's Biography: Adelaide of Aquitaine, queen of the Franks". Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters. http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/woman/1.html. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
^ "Adelaide of Aquitaine (wife of Hugh Capet, King of France)". RoyaList Online. http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?person=3445. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

French royalty
Preceded by Emma of Italy	Queen consort of France 987–996	Succeeded by Rozala of Lombardy

v t e Queens and Empresses of France

Adelaide of Aquitaine (987–996) Rozala of Italy (996) Bertha of Burgundy (996–1000) Constance of Arles (1003–1031) Matilda of Frisia (1034–1044) Anne of Kiev (1051–1060) Bertha of Holland (1071–1092) Bertrade de Montfort (1092–1108) Adelaide of Maurienne (1115–1137) Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1152) Constance of Castile (1154–1160) Adèle of Champagne (1164–1180) Isabelle of Hainaut (1180–1190) Ingeborg of Denmark (1193–1193; 1200-1223) Agnes of Merania (1196–1200) Blanche of Castile (1223–1226) Margaret of Provence (1234–1270) Isabella of Aragon (1270–1271) Maria of Brabant (1274–1285) Joan I of Navarre (1285–1305) Margaret of Burgundy (1314–1315) Clementia of Hungary (1315–1316) Joan II of Burgundy (1316–1322) Blanche of Burgundy (1322) Marie of Luxembourg (1322–1324) Jeanne d'Évreux (1325–1328) Joan the Lame (1328–1348) Blanche of Navarre (1350) Joan I of Auvergne (1350–1360) Jeanne de Bourbon (1364–1378) Isabeau of Bavaria (1385–1422) Marie of Anjou (1422–1461) Charlotte of Savoy (1461–1483) Anne of Brittany (1491–1498; 1498–1514) Joan of France (1498) Mary of England (1514-1515) Claude of France (1515–1524) Eleanor of Austria (1530–1547) Catherine de' Medici (1547–1559) Mary, Queen of Scots (1559–1560) Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1570–1574) Louise of Lorraine (1575–1589) Margaret of Valois (1589–1599) Marie de' Medici (1600–1610) Archduchess Anne of Austria (1615–1643) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1660–1683) Marie Leszczyńska (1725–1768) Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (1774–1792) Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy* (1795–1810) Joséphine de Beauharnais (1804–1810) Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria (1810–1814) Princess Marie Thérèse of France* (1830) Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1830–1848) Eugénie de Montijo (1853–1870)

* disputed

Persondata
Name	Adelaide
Alternative names	Adelaide of Aquitaine; Adele of Aquitane; Adelaide of Poitiers
Short description	French noble woman and queens consort
Date of birth	c. 945
Place of birth
Date of death	1004
Place of death

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