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Adèle of Champagne (c. 1140 – 4 June, 1206), also known as Adelaide and Alix, was the third wife of Louis VII of France
Louis VII of France

Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
 and the mother of his only male heir, the future Philip II
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
. She was also the daughter of Theobald II of Champagne
Theobald II of Champagne

Theobald the Great was Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125....
 and Matilda of Carinthia
Matilda of Carinthia

Matilda of Carinthia was the daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia and his wife Uta of Passau . She was married to Theobald II, Count of Champagne ....
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She was active in the political life of the kingdom, along with her brothers Henry I of Champagne
Henry I of Champagne

Henry I of Champagne , known as "the Liberal", was count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181. He was the eldest son of Count Thibaut II of Champagne ....
, Theobald V of Blois, and Guillaume aux Blanches Mains
Guillaume aux Blanches Mains

Guillaume de Blois , called Guillaume aux Blanches Mains , or Guillaume de Champagne, was a French Cardinal .He was born in Brosse, ?le-de-France, France....
, archbishop of Reims
Archbishop of Reims

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750....
. Henry and Theobald were married to daughters of Louis VII and his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.Eleanor succeeded her father as suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers at the age of fifteen, and thus became the most eligible bride in Europe....
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Adèle of Champagne (c. 1140 – 4 June, 1206), also known as Adelaide and Alix, was the third wife of Louis VII of France
Louis VII of France

Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
 and the mother of his only male heir, the future Philip II
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
. She was also the daughter of Theobald II of Champagne
Theobald II of Champagne

Theobald the Great was Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125....
 and Matilda of Carinthia
Matilda of Carinthia

Matilda of Carinthia was the daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia and his wife Uta of Passau . She was married to Theobald II, Count of Champagne ....
.

She was active in the political life of the kingdom, along with her brothers Henry I of Champagne
Henry I of Champagne

Henry I of Champagne , known as "the Liberal", was count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181. He was the eldest son of Count Thibaut II of Champagne ....
, Theobald V of Blois, and Guillaume aux Blanches Mains
Guillaume aux Blanches Mains

Guillaume de Blois , called Guillaume aux Blanches Mains , or Guillaume de Champagne, was a French Cardinal .He was born in Brosse, ?le-de-France, France....
, archbishop of Reims
Archbishop of Reims

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750....
. Henry and Theobald were married to daughters of Louis VII and his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.Eleanor succeeded her father as suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers at the age of fifteen, and thus became the most eligible bride in Europe....
. She and her brothers felt their position threatened when the heiress of Artois, Isabelle of Hainaut
Isabelle of Hainaut

Isabelle of Hainaut was queen consort of France.Isabelle was born in Valenciennes, the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Countess Margaret I of Flanders....
, married Adèle's son, Philippe. Adèle formed an alliance with Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

Hugh III of Burgundy was duke of Burgundy between 1162 and 1192. Hugh was the eldest son of duke Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy and Marie De Champagne, daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne and Mathilda of Carinthia....
 and Count Philip of Flanders, and even tried to interest Frederick Barbarossa. War broke out in 1181, and relations became so bad that Philippe attempted to divorce Isabelle in 1184.

Although her power decreased after the accession of Philippe in 1180, she acted as regent of the kingdom in 1190 while Philip was away on the Third Crusade
Third Crusade

The Third Crusade , also known as the Kings' Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin .After the failure of the Second Crusade, the Zengid dynasty controlled a unified Syria and engaged in a conflict with the Fatimid dynasty rulers of Egypt, which ultimately resulted in the unification of Egy...
. She returned to the shadows when he returned in 1192 but participated in the founding of many abbeys.

She died on June 4, 1206, and was buried in the church of Pontigny Abbey
Pontigny Abbey

Pontigny Abbey, founded in 1114 as the second of the four great daughter houses of C?teaux Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery situated on the River Serein, in the present diocese of Sens and department of Yonne, in Burgundy, France....
 near Auxerre
Auxerre

Auxerre is a Communes of France in the Bourgogne regions of France in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne Departments of France....
.

She had two children with Louis VII of France
Louis VII of France

Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
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  • Dieudonné, the future Philippe Auguste (born August 21, 1165), Louis VII's only male heir
  • Agnes of France
    Agnes of France (Byzantine empress)

    Agnes of France was a daughter of Louis VII of France by his third wife Ad?le of Champagne.She was a younger half-sister of Marie de Champagne, Alix of France, Marguerite of France and Alys, Countess of the Vexin....
     (1171 – after 1207)


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    Gislebert of Mons

    Gislebert of Mons was the Flemings chronicler whose Chronicon Hanoniense is an essential eyewitness source for events affecting his patron Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut....
    ' Chronicon
  • Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 101-25, 109-28, 137-25.