Adele of Valois

Map of France in 1030

Adele of Valois was a daughter of Raoul III of Valois and Adele de Bar-sur-Aube.

She married Herbert IV of Vermandois, and they had:

1. Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois, married to Hugh of Vermandois.
2. Odo, Count of Vermandois (+ after 1085), married to Hedwig. Later became Lord of Saint-Simon by marriage. The last Carolingian.

She was also the second wife of Theobald III, Count of Blois,^[1] and they had:

1. Philip, who became bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne^[2]
2. Odo, who inherited possessions in Champagne (Troyes). He died in 1093, leaving the possessions to his brother Hugh.
3. Hugh,^[2] who became the first to be called count of Champagne.

Notes

References

• Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the Count of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.