Person:Alix de Blois (2)
Adèle de Champagne
b.1140 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
d.13 Jun 1206
Parents and Siblings
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m. abt 1123
  1. Theobald V , Count of Blois
  2. Henri Ier "le Libéral" de Champagne
  3. Marie de Champagne
  4. Elisabeth de Blois
  5. Stephen I of Sancerre
  6. Guillaume aux Blanches Mains
  7. Adèle de Champagne
  8. Mathilde de Blois
  9. Agnes de Blois
  10. Marguerite de Blois
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Nov 1160
  1. Philip II Augustus , King of France
  2. Agnes of France
  3. Thomas France, I
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Adèle de Champagne
Alt Name Alix
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1140 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
Marriage 13 Nov 1160 to Louis VII de France
Alt Death[1] 4 Jun 1206
Reference Number? Q229407?
Death[3] 13 Jun 1206
Burial[1] Yonne, FrancePontigny Abbey


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Adela of Champagne (; c. 1140 – 4 June 1206), also known as Adelaide and Alix, was Queen of France as the third wife of Louis VII. She was the daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia, and was named after her grandmother, Adela of Normandy.

Louis and Adela married on 18 October 1160, five weeks after his previous wife, Constance of Castile, died in childbirth. Queen Adèle was the mother of Louis VII's only son, Philip II, and of the Byzantine empress Agnes.

Adela was active in the political life of the kingdom, along with her brothers Henry I, Theobald V, and Guillaume aux Blanches Mains. Henry and Theobald were married to daughters of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Adela and her brothers felt their position threatened when the heiress of Artois, Isabella of Hainault, married Adèle's son Philip. Adèle formed an alliance with Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, and Philip of Flanders, and even tried to interest Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. War broke out in 1181, and relations became so bad that Philip attempted to divorce Isabella in 1184.

Although her power decreased after the accession of Philip in 1180, Queen Adela acted as regent in 1190 while Philip was away on the Third Crusade. She returned to the shadows when he returned in 1192 but participated in the founding of many abbeys.

Queen Adela died on 4 June 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and was buried in the church of Pontigny Abbey near Auxerre.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adèle of Champagne, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Adele de Champagne, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ALIX de Blois, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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