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Adelaide of Aquitaine

Adelaide of Aquitaine
Queen consort of the Franks
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Tenure 987–996
Born c. 945/952
Died 1004
Spouse Hugh Capet
Issue Hedwig, Countess of Mons
Robert II of France
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu
House House of Capet
House of Poitiers
Father William III of Aquitaine
Mother Adele of Normandy

Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 – 1004), was queen consort of France by marriage to Hugh Capet.

Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.

In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.

Hugh apparently trusted in her judgement and allowed her to take part in government: he proposed her to negotiate for him with the regent of the German Empire, empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to their agreement.

Adeleide and Hugh's children were:

A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.



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