Adela of Flanders

Not to be confused with Adela of France, Countess of Flanders.

Adela of Flanders (c. 1064 – April 1115), also known as Ailanda,^[1] was Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess consort of Apulia by marriage to Duke Roger Borsa, and then minor regent of Apulia from 1111 to 1115 as mother and guardian of Duke William II.

Life

Adela was born the daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders, and Gertrude of Saxony. In 1080 she married King Canute IV of Denmark. The marriage was arranged as a part of an alliance between Flanders and Denmark toward William the Conqueror. ^[2] During this marriage, she had three children: a son, later Count Charles the Good (born in 1084), and twin daughters, Cecilia and Ingegerd (born ca. 1085/86). When Canute was assassinated in 1086, she fled with her son to Flanders, leaving her daughters behind in Denmark.^[3]

She stayed in the court of her father and brother Robert II until 1092, when she left for Italy to marry Roger Borsa, Duke of Apulia. She bore her second husband three sons: Louis (who died in infancy in 1094), the future Duke William II (born ca. 1096/97) and Guiscard (who died in boyhood in 1108).^[4] She acted as a regent for her son William II at the death of Roger Borsa from 1111 until he came of age in 1114.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adela of Flanders

16. Arnulf II, Count of Flanders

8. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders

17. Rozala of Italy

4. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders

18. Frederick of Luxembourg, Count of Moezelgouw

9. Ogive of Luxembourg

19. Ermentrude, Countess of Gleiberg

2. Robert I, Count of Flanders

20. Hugh Capet

10. Robert II of France

21. Adelaide of Aquitaine

5. Adela of France

22. William I, Count of Provence

11. Constance of Arles

23. Adelaide of Anjou

1. Adela of Flanders

24. Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony

12. Bernard I, Duke of Saxony

25. Oda

6. Bernard II, Duke of Saxony

26. Heinrich I, Count of Stade

13. Hildegard of Stade

27. Hildegard of Reinhausen

3. Gertrude of Saxony

28. Berthold of Schweinfurt

14. Henry of Schweinfurt

29. Eiliswintha of Walbeck

7. Eilika of Schweinfurt

30. Heribert von der Wetterau

15. Gerberga of Hammerstein

31. Irmintrudis von Avalgau

References

↑ Women in Power 1100–1150
↑ Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
↑ Cawley, Charles, DENMARK, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ,
↑ Cawley, Charles, SICILY, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ,

Adela of Flanders House of Flanders Born: circa 1064 Died: April 1115
Preceded by Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter	Queen Consort of Denmark 1080–1086	Succeeded by Ingegerd of Norway

Danish royal consorts

Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (1972–present) Ingrid of Sweden (1947–1972) Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1912–1947) Louise of Sweden (1906–1912) Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1863–1898) Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1839–1848) Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel† (1808–1839) Caroline Matilda of Great Britain† (1766–1775) Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel† (1752–1766) Louise of Great Britain† (1746–1751) Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach† (1730–1746) Anne Sophie Reventlow† (1721–1730) Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1699–1721) Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel† (1670–1699) Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1648–1670) Anne Catherine of Brandenburg† (1597–1612) Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1572–1588) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg† (1534–1559) Sophie of Pomerania† (1523–1533) Isabella of Austria†‡ (1515–1523) Christina of Saxony†‡ (1481–1513) Dorothea of Brandenburg†‡ (1445–1448 & 1449–1481) Philippa of England†‡ (1406–1430) Helvig of Schleswig (1340–1374) Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (1330–1331) Euphemia of Pomerania (1326–1330) Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1296–1319) Agnes of Brandenburg (1273–1286) Margaret Sambiria (1252–1259) Matilda of Holstein (1250–1252) Jutta of Saxony (1239–1250) Eleanor of Portugal (1229–1231) Berengaria of Portugal (1214–1221) Dagmar of Bohemia (1205–1213) Gertrude of Bavaria (1182–1197) Sophia of Minsk (1157–1182) Helena of Sweden (1156–1157) Adela of Meissen (1152–1157) Lutgard of Salzwedel (1144–1146) Malmfred of Kiev† (1134–1137) Ulvhild Håkansdotter‡ (1130–1134) Margaret Fredkulla† (1104–1130) Boedil Thurgotsdatter (1095–1103) Ingegerd of Norway‡ (1086–1095) Adela of Flanders (1080–1086) Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter (1076–1080) Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir‡ (1050–1052) Gyda of Sweden (1048–1049) Emma of Normandy† (1017–1035) Sigrid the Haughty/Świętosława/Gunhild of Wenden†‡ Tove of the Obotrites† (970–986) Gyrid of Sweden (952–970) Thyra (900–935)

† also Queen of Norway ‡ also Queen of Sweden

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