Biography of Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 945-1004

Around 945 Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France was born to William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine (age 30) and Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine (age 33).

On 14 Oct 962 [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine (age 50) died.

On 03 Apr 963 [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine (age 48) died. His son [her brother] William (age 26) succeeded IV Duke Aquitaine.

In or before 968 Hugh I King France (age 26) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 22) were married. She the daughter of William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris and Hedwig Saxon Ottonian.

Around 968 [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu was born to [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 27) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 23).

Around 970 [her daughter] Hedwig Capet Countess Mons was born to [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 29) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 25).

On 27 Mar 972 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France was born to [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 31) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 27) at Orléans.

On 03 Jul 987 [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 46) was crowned I King France: Capet. Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 42) by marriage Queen France: Capet.

In 988 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 15) and [her daughter-in-law] Rozala of Italy (age 38) were married. They separated around the time of coronation. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 47) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 43).

Around 994 [her son-in-law] Hugh Ponthieu I Count Ponthieu and [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 53) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 49).

In 994 [her son-in-law] Hugh Montdidier I Count Ponthieu and [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 53) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 49).

Before 995 [her son-in-law] Reginar Reginar IV Count Mons (age 44) and [her daughter] Hedwig Capet Countess Mons (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Mons. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 53) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 49). He the son of Reginar Reginar III Count Hainault.

On 24 Oct 996 [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 55) died. His son [her son] Robert (age 24) succeeded II King France: Capet.

In 999 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 26) and [her daughter-in-law] Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 35) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They separated sometime before 1003 as a consequence of their consanguinity. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of [her former husband] Hugh I King France and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 54). They were second cousins.

In 1002 [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 34) died.

In 1003 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles and Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia (age 63). He the son of [her former husband] Hugh I King France and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 58).

In 1004 Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 59) died.

[her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy and [her grandmother] Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy. He the son of [her grandfather] Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine.