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Paternal Family Tree: Welf
In 929 [her future husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 16) and Eadgyth Wessex Queen Consort Germany were married. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 59). He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 53) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
In 931 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress was born to Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy (age 51) and Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy.
On 11th July 937 [her father] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy (age 57) died. His son [her brother] Conrad (age 12) succeeded I King Burgundy.
In 951 Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 20) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Germany. She the daughter of Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy. He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
In 953 [her brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 27) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.
On 18th November 953 [her step-daughter] Liutgarde Saxon Ottonian (age 22) died.
In 954 [her brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 28) was appointed Duke Lorraine.
On 17th December 954 [her step-son] William Saxon Ottonian Archbishop of Mainz (age 25) was appointed Archbishop of Mainz.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 955 [her son] Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy was born to [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 24).
On 1st November 955 [her brother-in-law] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria (age 35) died. His son Henry (age 4) succeeded II Duke Bavaria.
In December 955 [her daughter] Matilda Saxon Ottonian Abbess Quedlinburg was born to [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 24).
On 6th September 957 [her step-son] Liudolf Saxon Ottonian Duke Swabia (age 27) died.
On 25th December 961 [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 49) was appointed I King Italy. Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 30) by marriage Queen Consort Italy.
On 2nd February 962 [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 49) was created Holy Roman Emperor. Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 31) by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
On 11th October 965 [her brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 40) died.
On 2nd March 968 [her step-son] William Saxon Ottonian Archbishop of Mainz (age 39) died.
On 7th May 973 [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 60) died. His son [her son] Otto (age 18) succeeded II King Germany.
On 7th December 983 [her son] Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy (age 28) died following a malaria outbreak. His son [her grandson] Otto (age 3) succeeded III King Germany.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 999 [her daughter] Matilda Saxon Ottonian Abbess Quedlinburg (age 43) died.
On 16th December 999 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 68) died.
[her father] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and [her mother] Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Italy. He the son of [her grandfather] Rudolph I King Burgundy.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Welf
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conrad Welf I Count Auxerre
Great x 4 Grandfather: Isambart "The Saxon" Saxony
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony
Great x 1 Grandfather: Conrad Welf II Count Auxerre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Tours
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Tours Countess Auxerre
GrandFather: Rudolph I King Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Waldrada Worms Countess Auxerre
Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress
Mother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy