Adèle de Vermandois

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• Name	Adèle de Vermandois
  Gender	Female
  Death	From 958 to 960
  Burial	Abbey of Saint Pierre, Ghent, Belgium
  Person ID	I7368	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Heribert II de Vermandois,   b. Abt 880
  Mother	of France
  Family ID	F3242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arnulf "the Great",   b. Abt 885   d. 27 MAR/MAR 964/965 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	922
  Children	1. Baudouin III,   b. Abt 940   d. 1 Jan 962 (Age 22 years)   2. Egbert   3. Liutgarde   4. Elstrude
  Family ID	F3299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “ARNULF (or ARNOUL) I the Great or the Old, Count/Marquis of Flanders, 918-964/965, Count of Artois, 932-964/965, Count of Boulogne and Temois, 933-probably 962, Lay-abbot of Saint-Benin, 933-945, Lay-abbot of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, 923? -941,953, son and heir, born about 885. He married in 922 ADÈLE DE VERMANDOIS, daughter of Heribert II, Count of Vermandois, by ___, daughter of Robert I, King of France [see Line A, Gen. 6 above for her ancestry]. They had two sons, Baudouin (III) [joint-Count of Flanders] and Egbert, and two daughters, Liutgarde (wife of [Count] Wichmann) and Elstrude (wife or mistress of Siegfried, Count of Guines). His wife, Adèle, died in 958 or 960. ARNULF I, Count/Marquis of Flanders, died 27 March 964-965. He and his wife were buried in the Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand. Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 15-20. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l’Histoire de Flandre (1762): 13-21. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 7-8. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 523 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 958: "Athela comitissa, uxor Arnulphi marchisi, obiit, et Blandinio in capella beatae Mariae sepelitur."), 525-526 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 964: "Arnulphus Magnus, comes Flandriae, restaurator Gandenis coenobii et Blandiniensis, obiit, et in Blandinio in capella sanctae Mariae sepelitur, postquam Flandrensibus imperaverat annis XLVIII."). Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Chartes & Docs. de l'Abbaye de Saint Pierre an Mont Blandn à Gand (1868): 37-39 (Arnulf, Marquis of Flanders, styled "kinsman" [consanguineus] by Lothair, King of France, in charter dated 964), 40. Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 346 (charter of Arnulphe or Arnoul, Marquis de Flandre, dated 939), 349, 351, 359, 361-362 (charter of Arnoul, comte et marquis de Flandre, dated 953), 363, 368 (charter of Arnoul, marquis de Flandre, dated 961), 368-369, 369 (charter of Arnoul, marquis or comte de Flandre dated 962), 369 (charter of Arnoul, comte de Flandre, dated 962), 370, 372 (charter of marquis Arnoul dated 963), 373, 374 (charter of Arnoul, marquis de Flandre, dated 964), 375. Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Bled Regestes des Évêques de Thérouanne, 500-1553 1 (1904): 65-66. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VI 20. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders); 3(1) (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.45, VII.96-VII.99. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 308 (Vermandois ped.).” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “HERIBERT II, Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois and lay-abbot of Saint-Crépin and Saint-Médard of Soissons, 900/907-943, born about 880. He married ___ OF FRANCE, daughter of Robert I, King of France, by his wife, Aelis. They had five sons, Eudes [Count of Vienne and Amiens], Heribert [Count of Omois and Troyes], Robert [Count of Troyes and Meaux], Albert (I) [Count of Vermandois], and Hugues [Archbishop of Reims], and two daughters, Adèle and Ligard (or Luitgard, Ledgarde) (wife of Guillaume I, Duke of Normandy, and Thibaut I, Count of Blois and Chartres). HERIBERT II, Count of Vermandois, etc., died 23 Feb. 943, and was buried at Saint-Quentin. Martin & Jacob Histoire de Soissons 1 (1837): 370-371. Étienne-Gallois La Champagne et les derniers Carlovingiens (1853): 139-145. Halphen & Poupardin Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs d'Amboise (1913): 247-250 (Genealogiæ Comitum Andegavensium). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VI 3, VII 5. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(1) (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.3, VII.1-VII.7. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Schwager Graf Heribert II (1994). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 308 (Vermandois ped). Children of Heribert II de Vermandois, by ___ of France: i. ROBERT, Count of Troyes and Meaux [see next]. ii. ADELE DE VERMANDOIS, married ARNULF (or ARNOUL) I the Great or the Old, Count/Marquis of Flanders, Count of Artois, Count of Boulogne and Temois [see Line B, Gen. 6 below].”