Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy
| Adelaide of Merania | |
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Countess of Burgundy, suo jure Countess of Savoy and Bresse |
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| Died |
8 March 1279 Évian |
| Buried | Cherlieu Abbey near Besançon |
| Noble family | House of Andechs |
| Spouse(s) |
Hugh, Count of Salins Philip I, Count of Savoy |
| Father | Otto I, Duke of Merania |
| Mother | Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy |
Adelaide of Merania (or Alice, Alix — died 8 March 1279, Évian) was Countess of Burgundy from 1248 until her death. She was also Countess of Savoy and Bresse through her marriage in 1267 to Philip I, Count of Savoy.
Adelaide was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy. She inherited the County after the death of her brother, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy, in 1248. As countess, she came into conflict with King Rudolph I.
Adelaide died in 1279 and was buried in Cherlieu Abbey near Besançon.
Adelaide married Hugh, Count of Salins (died 1266), from a younger branch of male-line dynasty of Ivrean-originated Counts of Burgundy, around 1239. They had, among others, the following children:
On 11 June 1267, Adelaide married Philip, a past Archbishop of Lyon who became Count of Savoy in the following year (died 1285). The marriage remained childless.
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