Adela 1a 2a 3a 3b

Birth Name Adela
Gender female
Age at Death about 70 years, 2 months, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth about 1067    
 
Death 1137-03-08    
 
Nobility Title     Countess of Blois
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father William the Conqueror
Mother Matilda of Flanders
         Adela

Families

    Family of Stephen and Adela
Married Husband Stephen
  Children
  1. Stephen of Blois

Narrative

Adela was the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror. She was probably named for her grandmother, Adela, Countess of Flanders.

Pedigree

  1. William the Conqueror
    1. Matilda of Flanders
      1. Adela
        1. Stephen
          1. Stephen of Blois

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Queens of the Conquest - England's Medieval Queens, Book One
      • Page: xvii, 31, 59
      • Confidence: High
  2. Aristocratic Women in Medieval France
      • Page: 7
  3. Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters. Columbia University Libraries, 2014.
      • Page: Adela of England, Countess of Blois
      • Page: Genealogy