Countess Adele De Vermandois

   Ancestral File Number: 8XJ9-R2.

  General Notes:

Adelaide of Vermandois (1062 - 1122) was suo jure Countess of Vermandois and Valois and the last member of the Carolingian dynasty. Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, and Alice, Countess of Valois. Her younger brother Odo became Count of Vermandois upon their father's death in 1080. However, five years later, he was disinheredited by the council of Barons of France because of his mental illness. Thus, Adelaide and her husband succeeded to the Counties of Vermandois and Valois. Adelaide married firstly Hugh Magnus, son of King Henry I of France. By this marriage she had nine children: Matilda(1080-1130), married Ralph I of Beaugency Beatrice (1082-after1144), married Hugh III of Gournay Ralph I (1085-1152) Isabel of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester (1085-1131) Constance (1086-??), married Godfrey de la Ferté-Gaucher Agnes (1090-1125), married Boniface of Savone Henry (1091-1130), Lord of Chaumont en Vexin Simon (1093-1148) William, possibly married to Isabella, illegitimate daughter of King Louis VI of France In 1104, she married secondly Renaud II, Count of Clermont. By this marriage she had one daughter, Margaret, who married Charles I, Count of Flanders. In 1102, Adelaide was succeeded by her son, Ralph I. Adelaide died in 1122 and the Carolingian dynasty died out with her.

Countess married Renaud De Clermont II, son of Hugh de Clermont and Margaret (Marguerite) de Montdidier. (Renaud De Clermont II was born about 1070 in Clermont, Oise, France and died in 1162.)

Countess next married Hugues "le Grand" De France, son of King Henry I and Queen Anne of Kiev, about 1080 in Of, , , France. (Hugues "le Grand" De France was born about 1053 in Of, Vermandois, France, died on 18 Oct 1102 in , Tarsus, , Cilicie and was buried in St Paul De Tarse.)