Adelaide of Aquitaine


Adelaide of Aquitaine
Queen consort of France
Tenure 987–996
Spouse Hugh Capet
Issue
Hedwig, Countess of Mons
Robert II of France
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu
House House of Capet
Poitiers
Father William III of Aquitaine
Mother Adele of Normandy
Born c. 945/952
Died 1004

Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 – 1004) was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.

Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969. In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.

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