Adelaide of Metz


Adelaide of Metz was a French noblewoman.
Adelaide was born in 970 in Egisheim. She was a member of the Matfriding dynasty, descending from Matfrid. She was a sister of Adalbert and Gerhard. She married Henry of Speyer, a German count and member of the Salian dynasty. They had two children, Judith of Speyer and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor. After her husband's death, she married a Frankish count from the Babenberg dynasty and had another son, Gebhard III, Bishop of Regensburg. In 1037 she founded the Collegiate Church in Öhringen.