Adelaide of Tours

Adelaide of Tours
Born	c. 820
Died	c. 866
Spouses	Conrad I, Count of Auxerre Robert the Strong
Issue	Hugh Conrad the Younger (probably) Welf I Odo Robert I of France
House	Etichonids
Father	Hugh of Tours
Mother	Ava

Adelaide (Aelis) of Tours (c. 820 – c. 866) was a daughter of Count Hugh of Tours[1] and his wife Ava, who was a sister of Matfrid, Count of Orléans. ^[citation needed]

She married Conrad I, Count of Auxerre,[2] with whom she had at least two children, Hugh and Conrad the Younger. Additionally legend of the later Swabian branch of the House of Welf assigns to Conrad and Adelaide an additional son, Welf I, a relationship considered probable.

After her husband's death Conrad I, Count of Auxerre around 863, she married Robert the Strong,[1] and had two children, Odo and Robert I of France.[3][a]

Robert I's grandson was Hugh Capet, the first king of the House of Capet.

Family

Adelaide was married to Conrad I, Count of Auxerre and had the following children:

• Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy
• Hugh the Abbot
• Welf I

She was then married to Robert the Strong[5] they had the following children:

• Odo of France (c.857–1 January 898.)
• Robert I of France (–15 June 923.)

Notes

1. It is not universally acknowledged that Odo and Robert were also Adelaide's sons.[4]

References

1. Bradbury 2007, p. 24.
2. Bouchard 1999, p. 340.
3. Riche 1983, p. table 4.
4. Jackman 2008, p. 42.
5. "https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/rober100.htm"

Sources

• Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1328. Continuum Books. ISBN 978-1-85285-528-4.
• Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1999). "Burgundy and Provence, 879-1032". In Reuter, Timothy (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024. Vol. III. Cambridge University Press.
• Jackman, Donald C. (2008). Comparative Accuracy. Editions Endlaplage.
• Riche, Pierre (1983). The Carolingians: A Family who Forged Europe. Translated by Allen, Michael Idomir. University of Pennsylvania Press.