Adelais of Amboise

For other people referred to as Adelais, see Adelais (disambiguation)

Adelais of Amboise, name also given as Adelais de Amboise, was the wife of Ingelger.[1] She was a member of the powerful Windonen clan.[1] Her good connections may have helped her husband gain the title of Count of Anjou.[2] Fulk I, Count of Anjou was their son.[3] Her name is also given as Adele, and she was the daughter and heiress of Geoffroi I, the Count of Gâtinais.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Women at the Beginning: Origin Myths from the Amazons to the Virgin Mary By Patrick J. Geary p.88
  2. ↑ The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century, By Paul Collins, p.33
  3. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 116
  4. ↑ Fenwick Allied Ancestry: Ancestry of Thomas Fenwick of Sussex County, Delaware By Edwin Jaquett Sellers, p.4


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, October 12, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.