Adele of Meaux
{{Short description|French noblewoman}}
{{ infobox noble
| name = Adela of Vermandois
| image = AdelaVermandois.jpg
| caption = Effigy of Adele of Meaux on her tomb
| noble family = Carolingian
| father = Robert of Vermandois
| mother = Adelaide Werra
| spouse = Geoffrey I of Anjou
| issue = by Geoffrey I:
Fulk III of Anjou
Geoffrey
Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
| birth_date = {{circa|935}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{circa}} 982
| death_place =
| burial_place = St Aubin Abbey, Angers
}}
Adela of Vermandois ({{circa|935}}{{cn|date=August 2024}} – {{circa}} 982) was a French noblewoman. She was Countess of Chalon and later Countess of Anjou.
Adela was a daughter of Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux and Troyes, and Adelaide de Burgundy.{{sfn|Bouchard|2001|p=19}}{{efn|According to Bachrach, Adele's father was Herbert II, Count of Vermandois.{{sfn|Bachrach|1993|p=9, 273}}}} Adele died in 982.{{sfn|Bachrach|1993|p=11}}
Family
She married Geoffrey I of Anjou (c. 938/940 – July 21, 987).{{sfn|Bouchard|2001|p=19}} Their children were:
- Fulk III of Anjou (970-1040),{{sfn|Bouchard|2001|p=19}} he succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.
- Geoffrey of Anjou (971-977), died young.
- Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou, married Conan I of Rennes.{{sfn|Bouchard|2001|p=19}} She married secondly William II of Angoulême.{{sfn|Bouchard|2001|p=19}}
Notes
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References
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Sources
- {{cite book |first=Bernard S. |last=Bachrach |title=Fulk Nerra the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040 |publisher=University of California Press |year=1993}}
- {{cite book |title=Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia |first=Constance Brittain |last=Bouchard |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2001}}
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