Adelaide, Countess Palatine of Burgundy
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Adelaide was countess palatine
of Burgundy
from 1248 until her death. She was also Countess of Savoy and Bresse through her marriage in 1267 to Philip I, Count of Savoy.
Adelaide was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania
and Beatrice II, Countess Palatine of Burgundy. She inherited the County after the death of her brother, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy
, in 1248. As countess, she came into conflict with King Rudolph I
.
Adelaide died in 1279 and was buried in the Abbey of Cherlieu near Besançon
.
Counts of Burgundy and thus her mother's kinsman, around 1239. They had, among others, the following children:
On 11 June 1267, Adelaide married Philip, a past archbishop of Lyon who became Count of Savoy in the following year (died 1285). The marriage remained childless.
Count palatine
Count palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.-Comes palatinus:...
of Burgundy
County of Burgundy
The Free County of Burgundy , was a medieval county , within the traditional province and modern French region Franche-Comté, whose very French name is still reminiscent of the unusual title of its count: Freigraf...
from 1248 until her death. She was also Countess of Savoy and Bresse through her marriage in 1267 to Philip I, Count of Savoy.
Adelaide was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania
Otto I, Duke of Merania
Otto I was Duke of Andechs and Merania and was born, in 1180, to Berthold IV von Dießen, Duke of Andechs and Merania, and Agnes of Rochlitz. He was also Otto II, Count Palatine of Burgundy by his marriage to Beatrice II of Burgundy....
and Beatrice II, Countess Palatine of Burgundy. She inherited the County after the death of her brother, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy
Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy
Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy was the son of Beatrice II, Countess Palatine of Burgundy and Otto I, Duke of Merania....
, in 1248. As countess, she came into conflict with King Rudolph I
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...
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Adelaide died in 1279 and was buried in the Abbey of Cherlieu near Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
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Family
Adelaide married Hugh, Count of Salins (died 1266), from a younger branch of male-line dynasty of Ivrean-originatedAnscarids
The Anscarids or Anscarii or the House of Ivrea were a medieval Frankish dynasty of Burgundian origin which rose to prominence in Italy in the tenth century, even briefly holding the Italian throne. They also ruled the County of Burgundy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and it was one of their...
Counts of Burgundy and thus her mother's kinsman, around 1239. They had, among others, the following children:
- 1. Otto IV, Count of BurgundyOtto IV, Count of BurgundyOtto IV, Count of Burgundy was the son of Hugh de Chalon and Adelaide, Countess Palatine of Burgundy. By his mother, he was a grandson of Countess Beatrice II of Burgundy. By his father, he was descended from another branch of the Counts of Burgundy.Upon his father's death in 1266/1267, he became...
(died 1302), married- in 1271 to 1. Philippa of BarCounts and dukes of BarBar was a historic duchy of both the Holy Roman Empire and the crown of France, though later totally incorporated with Lorraine into France in 1766. The duchy of Bar includes the "pays" of Barrois.- History :...
- in 1285 to 2. Mahaut of Artois
- in 1271 to 1. Philippa of Bar
- 2. RenaudReginald of BurgundyReginald of Burgundy was count of Montbéliard from 1282 to 1321. He was a son of Hugh of Chalon , sire of Salins, and his wife Adelaide. He married Guillemette de Neufchatel and they had a daughter, Joanna, who married first Ulrich III, Count of Pfirt and second Rudolf of Baden...
, Count of MontbéliardMontbéliardMontbéliard is a city in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.-History:...
(died 1322) - 3. John
- 4. Guia of Burgundy (died 1316), married in 1274 to Thomas III of Savoy, count in Piedmont and pretender of County of SavoyCounty of SavoyThe Counts of Savoy emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, from the collapse of the Burgundian Kingdom of Arles in the 11th century....
and son of Thomas II of Savoy, thus a nephew of her second husband. - 5. Hugh (died 1312)
- 6. Police (Hippolyta), married to Aymer IV, Count of Valence (1277-1330)
- 7. Elizabeth (d. 1275), married in 1250 to Hartman the Young, Count of Kyburg (d. 1263) and had a daughter:
- Anne, married in 1273 to Eberhard of HabsburgHabsburgThe House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
-Laufeuburg
- Anne, married in 1273 to Eberhard of Habsburg
On 11 June 1267, Adelaide married Philip, a past archbishop of Lyon who became Count of Savoy in the following year (died 1285). The marriage remained childless.