Adelaide of Ballenstedt

Adelaide of Ballenstedt
Bornc. 1100
Diedafter 1139
Noble familyHouse of Ascania
Spouse(s)Henry IV, Count of Stade
Werner, Count of Osterburg
IssueAlbert of Osterburg
FatherOtto of Ballenstedt
MotherEilika of Saxony

Adelaide of Ballenstedt (c. 1100 - after 1139) was the daughter of Otto of Ballenstedt and a member of the House of Ascania. She married, successively, Henry IV, Count of Stade, and Werner, Count of Osterburg.

Family

Adelaide was the only daughter of Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, and Eilika, daughter of Magnus Billung, Duke of Saxony. Her brother was Albert the Bear.

First Marriage

Adelaide's first husband was Henry IV, Count of Stade (d.1128).[1] The couple had no recorded children together.[2]

Second marriage

In 1139 Adelaide married for a second time to Werner of Velthim, count of Osterburg (d. after 1169).[3] According to the Annales Stadenses, Werner was a vassal (vassus) of Adelaide's brother, Albert the Bear.[4] With Werner, Adelaide had at least one son: Albert of Osterburg.[5]

References

  • A. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte" Band I, Teilband 1 Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser I
  • L. Partenheimer, Albrecht der Bär. Gründer der Mark Brandenburg und des Fürstentums Anhalt.
  • R. Hucke, Die Grafen von Stade 990-1144 (Stade 1956).

Notes

  1. ^ Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 158.
  2. ^ Partenheimer, Albrecht der Bär, p. 42.
  3. ^ Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 158.
  4. ^ "Annales Stadenses, a.1144, p. 326". Archived from the original on 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  5. ^ Hucke, Die Grafen von Stade, p. 41.