Biography of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France -1154

Paternal Family Tree: Savoy

Maternal Family Tree: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

1137 Marriage of Prince Louis and Eleanor of Aquitaine

1154 Louis VII marries Constance of Castile

Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France was born to Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy and Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy.

On 19 Oct 1103 [her father] Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy (age 38) died. His son [her brother] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy (age 8) succeeded III Count Savoy.

In 1104 [her future husband] King Louis VI of France (age 22) and Lucienne Rochefort (age 16) were married. He the son of King Philip I of France (age 51) and Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France.

On 23 May 1107 [her future husband] King Louis VI of France (age 25) and Lucienne Rochefort (age 19) were divorced.

In 1115 King Louis VI of France (age 33) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy and Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy (age 45). He the son of King Philip I of France and Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France.

On 29 Aug 1116 [her son] Philip Capet was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 34) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

In 1120 [her son] Louis VII King Franks was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 38) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France at Paris [Map].

In 1121 [her son] Henry Capet Archbishop of Reims was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 39) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

Around 1123 [her son] Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 41) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

Before 14 Sep 1125 Hugh Blois Count Champagne and [her sister-in-law] Constance Capet Countess Champagne (age 47) were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne. She the daughter of King Philip I of France and Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France. He the son of Theobald Blois III Count Blois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois.

On 14 Sep 1125 [her sister-in-law] Constance Capet Countess Champagne (age 47) died.

In Sep 1126 [her son] Peter Courtenay was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 44) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1127. And the [her husband] King of France (age 45) brought William (age 24), the son of the Earl of Normandy (age 76), and gave him the earldom; and the people of that land accepted him. This same William had before taken to wife the daughter (age 15) of the Earl of Anjou; but they were afterwards divorced on the plea of consanguinity. This was all through the King Henry (age 59) of England. Afterwards took he to wife the [her half-sister] sister¹ of the king's wife of France; and for this reason the king gave him the earldom of Flanders.

Note. Maternal half-sister; their mother [her mother] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy (age 57).

Around 1128 [her daughter] Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulose was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 46) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

Around 1133 [her mother] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy (age 63) died.

Around 1133 [her son] Philip Capet was born to [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 51) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

Marriage of Prince Louis and Eleanor of Aquitaine

On 25 Jul 1137 [her son] Louis VII King Franks (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 15) were married at the by Archbishop Geoffrey of Loroux. Her father William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine had died some three months previously leaving Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England as a ward of Louis's father [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 55) who quickly married her to his son Louis with a view to the Duchy of Aquitaine becoming joined with the Kingdom of France. A week later King Louis VI of France died and his son Louis and Eleanor became King and Queen of France. She the daughter of William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of King Louis VI of France and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. They were fourth cousins.

Eleanor gave Louis a rock-crystal vase as a wedding gift which he subsequently gave to Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis. The vase is no in the Louvre.

Crystal vase, 'of Eleanor'. Crystal: Iran (?), 6th-7th century (?). Mounting: Saint-Denis, before 1147; 13th and 14th centuries. Rock crystal, nielloed and gilded silver, precious stones, pearls, champlevé enamels on silver. Originating from the treasury of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. Inscription: "+ HOC VAS SPONSA DEDIT A(ie)NOR-REGI LUDOVICO MITADOL(us) AVO MIHI REX S(an)C(tis)Q(ue) SUGER(ius)" (This vase, Eleanor, his spouse, gave it to King Louis, Mitadolus to his ancestor, the king to me, Suger, who have offered it to the saints).

Vase de cristal, "d’Aliénor". Cristal: Iran (?), VI-VII siécle (?). Monture: Saint-Denis, avant 1147; XIII et XIV siécles. Cristal de roche, argent niellé et doré, pierres pécieuses, perles, émaux champlevés sur argent Provient du trésor de I'abbaye de Saint-Denis. Inscription: "+ HOC VAS SPONSA DEDIT A(ie)NOR-REGI LUDOVICO MITADOL(us) AVO MIHI REX S(an)C(tis)Q(ue) SUGER(ius)". (ce vase, Aliénor, son épouse, l'a donné au roi Lous, Mitadolus a son aïeul, le roi à moi, Suger, qui l'ai offert aux saints).

Archbishop Geoffrey of Loroux: In 1137 he was appointed Archibishop of Bordeaux. On 18 Jul 1155 he died.

William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine. In 1099 he was born to William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine at Toulose. On 10 Feb 1127 William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine died. His son William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine succeeded X Duke Aquitaine. On 09 Apr 1137 William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine died. His daughter Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England succeeded XI Duchess Aquitaine.

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On 01 Aug 1137 [her husband] King Louis VI of France (age 55) died of dysentery. His son [her son] Louis VII King Franks (age 17) succeeded VII King of the Franks. [her daughter-in-law] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 15) by marriage Queen Consort Franks.

In 1139 [her son] Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Agnes Garlande Countess Dreux (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of [her former husband] King Louis VI of France and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

In 1145 [her son] Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of [her former husband] King Louis VI of France and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

In 1148 [her son-in-law] Eustace Blois IV Count Boulogne (age 18) and [her daughter] Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulose (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Boulogne. She the daughter of [her former husband] King Louis VI of France and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. He the son of King Stephen I England (age 54) and Matilda Flanders (age 43). They were third cousin once removed.

In 1152 [her son] Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux (age 29) and [her daughter-in-law] Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of [her former husband] King Louis VI of France and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

Louis and Eleanor's Divorce

On 21 Mar 1152 the marriage of [her son] Louis VII King Franks (age 32) and [her daughter-in-law] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) was dissolved by Hugh Toucy Archbishop of Sens at the Château de Beaugency on the grounds of consanguinity. Both Louis and Eleanor were present as were the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux. Samson Mauvoison Archbishop of Reims acted on behalf of Eleanor. In dissolving the marriage Louis lost control of the Duchy of Aquitaine which was to have far reaching consequences for the next three centuries.

In 1154 Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France died.

Louis VII marries Constance of Castile

In 1154 [her son] Louis VII King Franks (age 34) and [her daughter-in-law] Constance of Castile (age 14) were married in Orléans. Somewhat curiously they were more closely related than Louis VII King Franks and [her daughter-in-law] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 32) whose married had been annulled for that reason. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 48) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. He the son of [her former husband] King Louis VI of France and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.