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Name: Adela “The Holy” Capet
Birth Date: Sep 1009
Birth Location:
Death Date: 8 Jan 1079 (aged 69)
Death Location:
Burial: Sint-Niklaaskerk
City: Mesen
County: Arrondissement Ieper
State: West Flanders
Country: Belgium
Memorial ID: 35175470

Family Memorial.

*Also known as Adela of France or Adela of Flanders. She was a member of the House of Capet, rulers of France. She first married Richard III Duke of Normandy. As a widow she remarried to Baldwin V of Flanders. One of their children was Matilda of Flanders, the future wife of William The Conqueror, so she was the mother in law of William the Conqueror. She was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire & Lille & Harelbeke as well as the abbeys of Messines and Ename. After Baldwin's death she retreated to the convent of Messines near Ypres. There she died and was buried at the monastry. Her commemoration day is 8 september

Family Members
Parents
Robert II
972–1031
Constance d'Arles
986–1032
Spouses
Richard III "Duke of Normandy" de Normandie
997–1027
(m. 1027)
Count Baudouin V de Flandre 1012–1067
(m. 1028)
Siblings
Countess Advisa "Hedwig" Capet 1003–1063
Prince Hugues de France 1007–1025
Henri I 1008–1060
Robert de Bourgogne I 1011–1076
Constance of France 1014–1052
Children
Helene "Le Bon" de Normandie 1027–1111
Baudouin VI of Flanders and Hainaut 1030–1070
Matilda of Flanders 1031–1083
Robert I "The Frisian" of Flanders 1035–1093