Person:Adèle de Normandie (1)

Adèle de Normandie
d.Aft 969 France
Facts and Events
Name[5] Adèle de Normandie
Alt Name[5] Geirlaug _____
Alt Name Adela de Normandy
Alt Name Adaele _____
Alt Name[5] Gerloc _____
Alt Name Gerletta _____, daughter of Rollo
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 920 Normandie, France
Marriage 935 to Guillaume III "Tête d'Étoupe" d'Aquitaine
Alt Death[5] 962
Death[4] Aft 969 France
Reference Number? Q440574?


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Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.

In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962:

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References
  1.   Gerloc, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   (SoN)Story of the Normans. (Sarah Orne Jewett; New York: Putnam Press, 1888)
    p.43.
  3.   Adele de Normandie, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  4. GERLOC (-after 969), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Biographie en Wikipédia FR, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    [[1]], trouvée 2015.

    Adèle de Normandie est la fille de Rollon le Marcheur et de Poppa de Bayeux, et la sœur du duc normand Guillaume Longue-Épée.
    Née sous le nom scandinave de Gerloc (Vieux Norrois : Geirlaug), elle prend le nom d’Adèle lors de son mariage à Guillaume Tête d'Étoupe1, futur comte de Poitiers et futur duc d'Aquitaine, alors âgé de dix ans.