Adele of Vermandois
Adele of Vermandois was both a Carolingian as well as a Robertian Frankish noblewoman who was the Countess of Flanders.Life
Adele, born was a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois and his wife, Adele, daughter of Robert I of France. She died in 960 in Bruges.
In 934 Adele married Count Arnulf I of Flanders. Together they had the following children:
- Hildegarde, born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk II, Count of Holland.
- Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.
- Egbert, died 953.
- Baldwin III of Flanders. . Married Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Hermann Billung, and had issue, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, who succeeded as count after Arnulf I, skipping one generation.
- Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.
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