Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 945-1004

In 935 [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine [aged 20] and [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Rollo Duke Normandy and [her grandmother] Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy. He the son of Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine [aged 65].

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

On 14th October 962 [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine [aged 50] died.

On 3rd April 963 [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine [aged 48] died. His son William [aged 26] succeeded IV Duke Aquitaine.

In or before 968 Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 26] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 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 Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 27] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 23]. She married 1. 994 Hugh Montdidier I Count Ponthieu and had issue 2. 994 Hugh I Count Ponthieu and had issue.

After 968 Emma of Paris Duchess of Normandy [deceased] died.

In or before 969 [her brother] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine [aged 31] and [her sister-in-law] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois [aged 55] and Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy [aged 53]. He the son of [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine.

Around 970 [her daughter] Hedwig Capet Countess Mons was born to Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 29] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 25]. She married 1. Rainier Hainaut 2. before 995 Reginar Reginar IV Count Mons, son of Reginar III Count Hainaut, and had issue.

On 27th March 972 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks was born to Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 31] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 27] at Orléans. He married 1. 988 Rozala of Italy 2. 999 his second cousin Bertha Welf Queen Consort France, daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy 3. 1003 Constance Arles Queen Consort France, daughter of William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia, and had issue.

On 21st May 987 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia [aged 20] died without issue ending the Carolingian Dynasty. Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 46] was elected King West Francia beginning the Capetian Dynasty.

On 1st June 987 Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 46] was crowned I King France: Capet in Noyon. Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 42] by marriage Queen France: Capet, as described by the Chronicler Richer: "After this opinion had been delivered and praised by all, the duke, with the consent of everyone, was raised to the kingship; and, crowned at Noyon by the archbishop and the other bishops, he was proclaimed king over the Gauls, Bretons, Normans, Aquitanians, Goths, Spaniards, and Gascons on the Kalends of June [1st June 987]."

In 988 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 15] and Rozala of Italy [aged 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 Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 47] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 43].

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

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

On 3rd February 994 [her brother] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine [aged 57] died. His son William [aged 25] succeeded V Duke Aquitaine.

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

On 24th October 996 Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 55] died. His son Robert [aged 24] succeeded II King France: Capet.

In 999 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 26] and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France [aged 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 Hugh I King of the Franks and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 54]. They were second cousins.

In 1002 [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu [aged 34] died.

In 1003 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 30] and Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 63]. He the son of Hugh I King of the Franks and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 58].

In 1004 Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 59] died.