Adèle of Dreux

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Coat-of-arms of Dreux.

Adèle of Dreux (1145 – aft. 1210) was a member of Norman French nobility, daughter of Robert I, Count of Dreux and his second wife Hawise of Salisbury.[1]

She married Valéran III, Count of Breteuil on 24 June 1156, and had the following issue:

  • Adèle (d. 1195), married .
  • Amicia (1160–1226), married Baldwin de Yerres, John Briard & Gauthier de Rinsel and had issue.
  • Mahaut, married Simon of Clermont (d. 1187) and had issue.

After Valéran's death in 1162, she married secondly Guy II of Châtillon[2] and had:

She married thirdly [3] and had:

  • John (d. 1237), married Odette de Dampierre (d. 1212) and had issue.
  • Joan
  • Philip

Her final marriage was to Ralph, Count of Soissons,[4] with whom she had:

  • Gertrude (d. 1220); married Matthew II of Montmorency, (d. 1230) and had issue.
  • Eleanor, who married Stephen II of Sancerre (died 1252) (son of Stephen I of Sancerre) and had issue.

Adèle died after 1210.

References[]

  1. ^ Power 2004, p. 239.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pollock 2015, p. 184.
  3. ^ Richard 1992, p. xxviii.
  4. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 92.

Sources[]

  • Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
  • Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman frontier in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Cambridge University Press.
  • Richard, Jean (1992). Lloyd, Simon (ed.). Saint Louis: Crusader King of France. Translated by Birrell, Jean. Cambridge University Press.
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