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Persoonlijke gegevens Adélaïde "von Burgund" de Bourgogne 

• Roepnaam is von Burgund.
• Zij is geboren rond 894 TO ABT 900 in Bourgogne, France.
• Ze werd gedoopt in Rome.
• Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 23 mei 1930.
• Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 23 mei 1930.
• Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 28 maart 1992.
• Beroepen:
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  {geni:job_title} Reine, d'Italie, Régente, du Saint Empire Romain Germanique

• Woonachtig:
• Germany.
• Zij is overleden rond 960 TO ABT 989 in Belgium.
• Zij is begraven rond 999 in Convent Of Saints Peter And Paul, Seltz, Alsace.
• Een kind van Duke Richard III of Lorraine en Hersinda of France
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 31 december 2011.

Gezin van Adélaïde "von Burgund" de Bourgogne

Zij is getrouwd met Regnier de Valenciennes.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 923 TO ABT 920 te Brabant, Belgium.

Kind(eren):

1. Rodulphe de Mons  ± 922-± 964 
2. Régnier de Hainault  ± 920-± 973 
3. Liethard de Hainault  ± 912-± 944 
4. Amaury de Montfort  ± 930-± 983 

Notities over Adélaïde "von Burgund" de Bourgogne

Name Prefix: St. Name Suffix: Empress, Princess Of Burgundy

Name Suffix: Of Burgundy

Name Suffix: Of Burgundy

Grevinne av Burgund.
Adelheids far, Rudolf II av Burgund, døde i 937. Hennes mor, Bertha av Schwaben,
giftet seg igjen med kong Hugo av Italien. Adelheid ble da, mens hun enda var barn, forlovet
med Hugos sønn, Lothar og gift med ham i 947.
Kong Lothar av Italia, som var av Karl ?den Store?'s ætt, døde i 950. En maktlysten og
tyrannisk markgreve i Nord-Italia, Berengar, hadde deretter oppkastet seg til konge av Italia.
Ettersom den avdøde kong Lothars enke, den vakre og folkekjære Adelheid, ble betraktet
som arving til tronen, gjorde Berengar henne uskadelig ved å sperre henne inne, han utsatte
henne til og med for den råeste mishandling, antagelig i det håp at hun skulle dø i fengslet. Det
fortelles også at Berengar forsøkte å tvinge henne til ekteskap med sin sønn, Adelbert, for på
den måten å skaffe sin ætt i hvert fall et skinn av rett til kongekronen. Men Adelheid holdt
tappert stand.
Ryktet om den unge dronningens lidelser trengte snart over Alpene og fylte den
ridderlige kong Otto med rettferdig harme. Nå var anledningen der til å vinne den italienske
kongekronen, og han dro med en hær over Alpene for å befri den skjønne og samtidig sette en
av sine store politiske planer ut i livet. Sagnet har forøvrig pyntet litt på dette drama og har latt
Adelheid skrive et brev til Otto, hvor hun anropte ham om hjelp og bød ham sin hånd og Italias
kongekrone som takk. Otto var nemlig blitt enkemann noen år i forveien.
Mens Otto gjorde forberedelser til krigstoget, greide Adelheid å flykte fra sine
plageånder. En prest og en trofast terne som hadde fått lov til å bli hos henne, hadde med
forenede krefter greidd å grave en underjordisk gang ut fra fengslet. En natt flyktet de alle tre,
og etter å ha utstått mange farer og strabaser fant de beskyttelse i et befestet slott, som
tilhørte en av Berengars motstandere.
Så kom da Otto til Italia, og ble hilst med jubel overalt. Han holdt sitt høytidelige inntog i
Berengars hovedstad Pavia og kalte seg fra da av konge av Italia. Fra alle kanter strømmet
landets mektigste menn til og hyllet ham, mens Berengar trakk seg tilbake uten sverdslag og
søkte tilflukt i en borg oppe i fjelltraktene. Deretter sendte Otto bud til Adelheid og anholdt om
hennes hånd. Hun svarte ja og fulgte Ottos utsendinger tilbake til Pavia, hvor deres bryllup ble
feiret 25.12.951.
Adelheid øvet stor politisk innflytelse, spesielt da hun sammen med sin sønns hustru,
den kloke og viljesterke Theophano, førte riksregimentet for den lille Otto III. I de første åtte
årene ble regjeringen ledet av Theophano, og etter hennes død av Adelheid. Adelheid hadde
lenge ligget i strid med sin svigerdatter, men hadde forsonet seg med henne da det gjaldt å
bevare kronen for slekten. Adelheid fikk imidlertid aldri så stor innflytelse som Theofano hadde
hatt, fordi den unge keiseren nektet å adlyde henne. Alftfor meget smiger fra smiskende
hoffmenn hadde gjort den ualminnelig oppvakte gutten så trassig og innbilsk at farmoren til sist
ikke orket alle nykkene hans lenger og dro tilbake til Italia, hvor hun alltid hadde likt seg best.
Adelheid døde i kloster i 999.

Vi kjenner ikke hennes navn, men hun var datter til Richard av Burgund.

ADELAIDE (ADELHEID) German ADELHEID DIE HEILIGE, French SAINTE ADÉLAÏDE, Italian SANTA ADELAIDE (b. 931--d. Dec. 16, 999, Seltz, Alsace [now in France]; feast day December 16), was the daughter of Rudolph II of Burgundy, and married, in 947, Lothair, who succeeded his father Hugh as king of Italy. Lothair died in 950 and Adelaide was imprisoned at Como by his successor, Berengar II, marquis of Ivrea, who wished tocompel her to marry his son Adalbert. After four months (Aug. 951) she escaped and took refuge at Canossa with Atto, count of Modena-Reggio. Meanwhile Otto I, the German king, whose English wife, Edgitha, haddied in 946, came to Italy. Adelaide met him at Pavia, asked him to help her regain the throne. Otto marched into Lombardy (September 951),declared himself king, and married her (December 951). On Feb. 2, 962, she was crowned empress at Rome by Pope John XXII immediately afterher husband, and she accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years. She devoted her time to promoting Cluniac monasticism and to strengthening the allegiance of the German church to the emperor.
After Otto I's death (May 7, 973), Adelaide exercised for some yearsa controlling influence over her son, the new emperor, Otto II, untiltheir estrangement in 978. The causes of their estrangement are obscure, but it was possibly due to the empress' lavish expenditure in charity and church building, which was a serious drain on the imperial finances. In 978 she left the court and lived partly in Italy, partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son. In 983, shortly before his death, Ottoappointed her his regent in Italy, and, in concert with the Empress Theophano, widow of Otto II, and Archbishop Wiligis of Mainz, defended the right of her infant grandson, Otto III, to the German crown against the pretensions of Henry the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria.
In June 984 the infant king was handed over by Henry to the care of the two empresses; but the masterful will of Theophano the Greek empress soon obtained the upper hand. Adelaide lived in Lombardy from 985 to 991and had no voice in German affairs. After the death of Theophanoon June 15, 991, Adelaide returned to Germany to serve as sole regent, in concert with Archbishop Willigis and a council of princes of theempire, and held it until Otto was declared of age in 995. In 996 theyoung king went to Italy to receive the imperial crown, and from thisdate Adelaide retired from court life, devoting herself to pious exercises, to correspondence with the abbots Majolus and Odilo of Cluny, and to the foundation of churches and religious houses. She died on Dec. 17, 999, and was buried in the convent of Saints Peter and Paul, her favorite foundation, at Salz in Alsace. By the emperor Otto I she had four children: Otto II (d. 983); Mathilda, abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 999); Adelheid (Adelaide), abbess of Essen (d. 974); and Liutgard

ADELAIDE (ADELHEID) German ADELHEID DIE HEILIGE, French SAINTE ADÉLAÏDE, Italian SANTA ADELAIDE (b. 931--d. Dec. 16, 999, Seltz, Alsace [now in France]; feast day December 16), was the daughter of Rudolph II of Burgundy, and married, in 947, Lothair, who succeeded his father Hugh as king of Italy. Lothair died in 950 and Adelaide was imprisoned at Como by his successor, Berengar II, marquis of Ivrea, who wished tocompel her to marry his son Adalbert. After four months (Aug. 951) she escaped and took refuge at Canossa with Atto, count of Modena-Reggio. Meanwhile Otto I, the German king, whose English wife, Edgitha, haddied in 946, came to Italy. Adelaide met him at Pavia, asked him to help her regain the throne. Otto marched into Lombardy (September 951),declared himself king, and married her (December 951). On Feb. 2, 962, she was crowned empress at Rome by Pope John XXII immediately afterher husband, and she accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years. She devoted her time to promoting Cluniac monasticism and to strengthening the allegiance of the German church to the emperor.
After Otto I's death (May 7, 973), Adelaide exercised for some yearsa controlling influence over her son, the new emperor, Otto II, untiltheir estrangement in 978. The causes of their estrangement are obscure, but it was possibly due to the empress' lavish expenditure in charity and church building, which was a serious drain on the imperial finances. In 978 she left the court and lived partly in Italy, partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son. In 983, shortly before his death, Ottoappointed her his regent in Italy, and, in concert with the Empress Theophano, widow of Otto II, and Archbishop Wiligis of Mainz, defended the right of her infant grandson, Otto III, to the German crown against the pretensions of Henry the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria.
In June 984 the infant king was handed over by Henry to the care of the two empresses; but the masterful will of Theophano the Greek empress soon obtained the upper hand. Adelaide lived in Lombardy from 985 to 991and had no voice in German affairs. After the death of Theophanoon June 15, 991, Adelaide returned to Germany to serve as sole regent, in concert with Archbishop Willigis and a council of princes of theempire, and held it until Otto was declared of age in 995. In 996 theyoung king went to Italy to receive the imperial crown, and from thisdate Adelaide retired from court life, devoting herself to pious exercises, to correspondence with the abbots Majolus and Odilo of Cluny, and to the foundation of churches and religious houses. She died on Dec. 17, 999, and was buried in the convent of Saints Peter and Paul, her favorite foundation, at Salz in Alsace. By the emperor Otto I she had four children: Otto II (d. 983); Mathilda, abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 999); Adelheid (Adelaide), abbess of Essen (d. 974); and Liutgard

ADELAIDE (ADELHEID) German ADELHEID DIE HEILIGE, French SAINTE ADÉLAÏDE, Italian SANTA ADELAIDE (b. 931--d. Dec. 16, 999, Seltz, Alsace [now in France]; feast day December 16), was the daughter of Rudolph II of Burgundy, and married, in 947, Lothair, who succeeded his father Hugh as king of Italy. Lothair died in 950 and Adelaide was imprisoned at Como by his successor, Berengar II, marquis of Ivrea, who wished tocompel her to marry his son Adalbert. After four months (Aug. 951) she escaped and took refuge at Canossa with Atto, count of Modena-Reggio. Meanwhile Otto I, the German king, whose English wife, Edgitha, haddied in 946, came to Italy. Adelaide met him at Pavia, asked him to help her regain the throne. Otto marched into Lombardy (September 951),declared himself king, and married her (December 951). On Feb. 2, 962, she was crowned empress at Rome by Pope John XXII immediately afterher husband, and she accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years. She devoted her time to promoting Cluniac monasticism and to strengthening the allegiance of the German church to the emperor.
After Otto I's death (May 7, 973), Adelaide exercised for some yearsa controlling influence over her son, the new emperor, Otto II, untiltheir estrangement in 978. The causes of their estrangement are obscure, but it was possibly due to the empress' lavish expenditure in charity and church building, which was a serious drain on the imperial finances. In 978 she left the court and lived partly in Italy, partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son. In 983, shortly before his death, Ottoappointed her his regent in Italy, and, in concert with the Empress Theophano, widow of Otto II, and Archbishop Wiligis of Mainz, defended the right of her infant grandson, Otto III, to the German crown against the pretensions of Henry the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria.
In June 984 the infant king was handed over by Henry to the care of the two empresses; but the masterful will of Theophano the Greek empress soon obtained the upper hand. Adelaide lived in Lombardy from 985 to 991and had no voice in German affairs. After the death of Theophanoon June 15, 991, Adelaide returned to Germany to serve as sole regent, in concert with Archbishop Willigis and a council of princes of theempire, and held it until Otto was declared of age in 995. In 996 theyoung king went to Italy to receive the imperial crown, and from thisdate Adelaide retired from court life, devoting herself to pious exercises, to correspondence with the abbots Majolus and Odilo of Cluny, and to the foundation of churches and religious houses. She died on Dec. 17, 999, and was buried in the convent of Saints Peter and Paul, her favorite foundation, at Salz in Alsace. By the emperor Otto I she had four children: Otto II (d. 983); Mathilda, abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 999); Adelheid (Adelaide), abbess of Essen (d. 974); and Liutgard

When she married Otto, she was the widow of the king of Italy. Otto extended
influence into Burgundy when the Burgundian Princess Adelaide was taken
prisoner by the margrave Berengar of Ivrea in 951. When she appealed to him
for help, Otto marched into Italy , assumed the title of King of the Lombards,
and married Adelaide himself, his first wife having died in 946. She acted as
sole regent for grandson Otto III 991-994, who died during a rebellion of the
Romans, awaiting military support from his successor, Henry II, in 1002.

ADELAIDE

Also known as
Adelaide of Burgundy; Adelaide of Italy; Adelheid
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Daughter of King Rudolf II (Rupert II) of Upper Burgundy. Promised at age two in an arranged marriage as part of a treaty between Rudolf and Hugh of Provence. Married at age 16 to Lothair of Italy, who eventually became king of Italy. Widowed in 950 while still a teenager; Lothair was probably poisoned by his successor to the throne, Berengarius. As part of his attempt to solidify his grip on power, Berengarius ordered Adelaide to marry his son; she refused, and was imprisoned. She was freed soon after when the German king Otto the Great defeated Berengarius.

Adelaide married Otto in Pavia, Italy in 951. He was crowned Emperor in Rome in 952, and Adelaide reigned with him for 20 years. Widowed in 973, she was ill-treated by her step-son, Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophano, but eventually reconciled with her royal in-laws.

When Otto II died in 983, he was succeeded by his infant son, Otto III. Theophano acted as regent, and since she still did not like Adelaide, used her power to exile her from the royal court. Theophano died in 991, and Adelaide returned once again to the court to act as regent for the child emperor. She used her position and power to help the poor, evangelize, especially among the Slavs, and to build and restore monasteries and churches. When Otto III was old enough, Adelaide retired to the convent of Selta near Cologne, a house she had built. Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer.
Born
c.931 at Burgundy, France
Died
999 at the monastery of Selta (Seltz), Alsace of natural causes
Canonized
1097 by Pope Urban II
Patronage
abuse victims; brides; empresses; exiles; in-law problems; parenthood; parents of large families; people in exile; princesses; prisoners; second marriages; step-parents; victims of abuse; widows
Representation
empress dispensing alms and food to the poor, often beside a ship
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When she married Otto, she was the widow of the king of Italy. Otto extended
influence into Burgundy when the Burgundian Princess Adelaide was taken
prisoner by the margrave Berengar of Ivrea in 951. When she appealed to him
for help, Otto marched into Italy , assumed the title of King of the Lombards,
and married Adelaide himself, his first wife having died in 946. She acted as
sole regent for grandson Otto III 991-994, who died during a rebellion of the
Romans, awaiting military support from his successor, Henry II, in 1002.

When she married Otto, she was the widow of the king of Italy. Otto extended
influence into Burgundy when the Burgundian Princess Adelaide was taken
prisoner by the margrave Berengar of Ivrea in 951. When she appealed to him
for help, Otto marched into Italy , assumed the title of King of the Lombards,
and married Adelaide himself, his first wife having died in 946. She acted as
sole regent for grandson Otto III 991-994, who died during a rebellion of the
Romans, awaiting military support from his successor, Henry II, in 1002.

When she married Otto, she was the widow of the king of Italy. Otto extended
influence into Burgundy when the Burgundian Princess Adelaide was taken
prisoner by the margrave Berengar of Ivrea in 951. When she appealed to him
for help, Otto marched into Italy , assumed the title of King of the Lombards,
and married Adelaide himself, his first wife having died in 946. She acted as
sole regent for grandson Otto III 991-994, who died during a rebellion of the
Romans, awaiting military support from his successor, Henry II, in 1002.

The Calendar of Saints says her first husband was poisoned by his successor. When she refused to marry the murderer's son, she was imprisoned. King Otto the Great freed her and married her. He died and her daughter-in-law forced Adelaide to quit the royal presence. Throughout these troubles she remained gracious and loving and was canonised a hundred years after her death. 16 Dec is her feast day.

Widowed queen of Lombardy

[3235] WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 69766777 = 3678265 b 986 which must be in error; parents died in 921

http://library.monterey.edu/merrill/family/dorsett6/d0030/I6735.html b ABT 903 Ancestral Roots p. 135; Stuart p. 153

EDWARD3.TXT b 894

Kinship II - A collection of family, friends and U.S. Presidents
URL: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2902060&id=I575152338
ID: I575152338
Name: Adelaide (Alice) of BURGUNDY
Given Name: Adelaide (Alice) of
Surname: BURGUNDY
Sex: F
Birth: Abt 0880 in Burgundy (Franch Comte')
Death: Abt 0932 in Belgium?
Change Date: 4 Apr 2004 1 1 1
Note:
Name Suffix: *
Ancestral File Number: 9HMN-PN
GIVN Adelaide of
SURN BURGUNDY
NSFX *

DATE 2 MAY 2000

OCCU Alix ...
SOUR HAWKINS.GED says ABT 890; members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 903;
gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 says 894; www.rootsweb.com/gumbysays
ABT 903;al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html says Burgundy, France;
SOUR COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), 29;
Adelaide? of Burgundy - HAWKINS.GED

OCCU Alix ...
SOUR HAWKINS.GED says ABT 890; members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 903;
gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 says 894; www.rootsweb.com/gumbysays
ABT 903;al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html says Burgundy, France;
SOUR COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), 29;
Adelaide? of Burgundy - HAWKINS.GED

OCCU Alix ...
SOUR HAWKINS.GED says ABT 890; members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 903;
gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 says 894; www.rootsweb.com/gumbysays
ABT 903;al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html says Burgundy, France;
SOUR COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), 29;
Adelaide? of Burgundy - HAWKINS.GED

GIVN Alice Adelaide
SURN Burgundy

Father: Richard Duke Of BURGUNDY b: Abt 0867 in Of, , , France
Mother: Adelaide De BURGUNDY b: Abt 0849 in Of, , Burgundy, France

Marriage 1 Rainer II Count Of HAINAULT b: Abt 0892 in
Note: _UID32FD4986BAF1C242B66C91432C91D7E21904
Children
Rainer III Count Of HAINAULT b: Abt 0924 in

Marriage 2 Spouse Unknown
Married: Abt 0923
Note: _UID2DC031B88547FC439E3F6B27F2B5BE38ED1B

Sources:
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: Ancestral File (R)
Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
Repository:

Celebrated women of the 7th to 14th Centuries
URL: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/m.gratton/CW%20-7th%20to%2014th%20Century%20.htm

7th Century

St Etheldra (Audrey) ..... born 630 died 23rd June 679 ..... Queen, foundress and abbess of Ely, she was the daughter of the King of East Anglia. She was married twice but remained a virgin and lived an austere life on the Isle of Ely. She ate only one meal per day, wore woollen clothes and only bathed before great festivals, possibly only three times a year. Her death was caused by a tumour on the neck through the plague and when it was lanced by a doctor she said that it reminded her of her former necklaces. Thereafter, on the anniversary of her death, cheap necklaces were sold at fairs. From then comes the word "tawdry" ( St Audrey). Seventeen years after her death her body was examined and it was found that the tumour had healed and the linen clothes in which she was buried were still as fresh. Her body was placed in a marble sarcophagus and she became the most popular of the Anglo-Saxon women saints

10th Century

Adelaide - St ..... born 931 died 999 ..... Holy Roman Empress who enjoyed a position of influence over three generations of rulers. She was crowned Empress in 962 with her second husband the German King Otto 1 and in 973 their son succeeded as Otto 11. She became Queen Mother and as such had considerable influence. She later became joint regent with her daughter-in-law the empress Theophano for her grandson Otto 111 and from 991 to 996 was sole regent

St. Adelaide was a marvel of grace and beauty, according to St. Odilon of
Cluny, who was her spiritual director and biographer. Daughter of Rudolph
II, King of Burgundy, she was born in 931 and at age 15 married Lothaire II,
King of Italy. Later their daughter became Queen of France.
Adelaide was 18-years-old when she lost her husband, who was supposedly
poisoned by his political competitor Berengarius of Ivrea. The latter soon
proclaimed himself King of Italy and proposed to unite Adelaide in marriage
with his son. The widow refused and Berengarius confiscated her estates and
held her prisoner in the Castle of Garda. St. Adelaide managed to escape and
fled to the Castle of Canossa, property of the Church. From that impregnable
fortress she directed a plea to Otto I, King of Germany, to come to her aid.
Otto I hastened to her appeal with a powerful army. After defeating her
oppressor, Otto became King of Italy and married St. Adelaide. One year
later, in 952 he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. The eldest son of this marriage, Otto II, succeeded his father as Emperor. At first, influenced by his jealous wife Theohano, Otto II revolted against his mother. Fearing for her life, she fled to Burgundy. There she came to know St. Odilon and became famous for her charities to many French monasteries.
Later, after her son repented, she returned to Germany where she continued
her saintly life. She sent a splendid imperial mantle worn by her son to be placed in the grave of St. Martin. She wrote these instructions to the one charged with the mission:
"When you will reach the tomb of the glorious St. Martin, say these words: 'Bishop of God, receive these humble gifts from Adelaide, servant of the servants of God, sinner by nature and Empress by the grace of God. Receive this mantle of Otto, her eldest son. You, who had the glory to cover Our Lord with your mantle in the person of a poor man, pray for him.'"
After Theophano died, Adelaide became the regent of her grandson, Otto III.
She used her position to help the poor, evangelize, and build and restore monasteries and churches. When she felt her end was near, she asked to be taken to the Convent of Seltz in Alsace that she had built. She was laid to rest next to the tomb of Otto the Great, her second husband.
Comments of Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
The life of St. Adelaide is so extraordinary that it could be the subject for a medieval illumination. She was not the kind of saint who lives in a convent in the recollected life of a cloister. Rather, she is the heroine who has great adventures and passes through the most difficult dangers. She was not the kind of person whose ideal is to live in retirement. To the contrary, she saw in the risk, in the uncertainty, in the fight for the
cause of her legitimate rights, the reason for her life. For her this was the salt of life that gave it flavor. We can imagine Queen Adelaide, a saint with the innocence of the dove and the astuteness of the serpent.
I admire her escape very much. Normally one has a different picture of a holy woman in prison: a sad lady, a little overweight, seated next to a column, weeping, lacking the cunning to fool the guards. She was the opposite. We can imagine her vigilant, studying her chances to escape. And when the moment came, she had the agility of mind to act, to slip through a door, to jump over a fence, to seek provisory refuge and then continue the flight until she was out of danger. A saint is not like the caricature of
the sad fat lady; a saint has to have the virtue of fortitude.
St. Adelaide also knew where to find safety. She went to Canossa, the impregnable fortress where St. Gregory VII stayed when he received Emperor Henry IV, who went there to make penance, kiss the feet of the Pope, and ask forgiveness. Canossa was a territory that belonged to another king - the Pope, who was also a temporal sovereign. Therefore, Adelaide knew where to seek refuge: she was a good politician. She had the innocence of the dove, but also the cunning of the serpent.
After that, what did she do? Something one would not expect from a saint. She arranged a marriage for herself, and a very good one. She wrote to the King of Germany, the heir of the Holy Roman Empire, and asked him to come to defend her. He did, and then they were married. For her this represented the beginning of a new life. You can imagine the great fortitude of this soul, her dedication and courage. The magnificent virtues of St. Adelaide are the very opposite of the caricatures often painted of the saints!
Otto became Emperor, they married, and had a son. The son of this marriage, however, at first was not so good, and a new tragedy started for St. Adelaide. He revolted and persecuted her. She fled to Burgundy, met St. Odilon and made many gifts to the monasteries there. It is probable that she also made a promise to St. Martin in return for her son's conversion, because the incident that follows gives the impression that she was
fulfilling a promise made for a favor granted.
When she sent the Emperor's mantle to honor St. Martin, she included a message, and the most beautiful part of it, in a certain sense, was the title she chose for herself:
"Adelaide, sinner by nature and Empress by the grace of God."
There is a grandeur in this title that comes from the simplicity of the contrast of the two descriptions. She attained the highest position a woman can have on earth, but she recognized that everything was due to grace. Let us ask St. Adelaide to give us the spirit of adventure that she had. To be fighters for the right, to love the risk to its furthest limits within wisdom. To be courageous soldiers of Our Lady so that in the future someone
could say about each one of us, "Sinner by nature, but champion against the Revolution by the grace of God."

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{geni:about_me} Adelaide (Alice) of Burgundy 1 2

Born: ABT 895 in Bourgogne, France

Father: Richard I "The Justiciar" Duke of Burgundy b: ABT 860 in Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Mother: Adelaide of Auxerre b: ABT 872 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France

Marriage 1 Regnier II Count of Hainault b: ABT 890 in Lorraine, France

Children:

Daughter of Hainault b: ABT 912 in Hainault, Lorraine, France

Regnier III "Long Neck" Count of Hainault b: ABT 928 in Hainault, Belgium

Sources:

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr., 1999

Page: 155-18

Text: Adelaide of Burgundy

Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968

Page: 19

Text: Alice of Burgundy
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Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932 – 16 December 999) was Holy Roman Empress and perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Italy English Wikipedia]

[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde_de_Bourgogne Wikipedia Francais]

She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair. They had a daughter, Emma of Italy.

The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como. She escaped to the protection, at Canossa, of Adalbert Atto, where she was besieged by Berengar. She managed to send an emissary to throw herself on the mercy of Otto the Great of Germany. His brothers were equally willing to save the heiress of Italy, but Otto got an army into the field: they subsequently met at the old Lombard capital of Pavia and were married in 951; he was crowned Emperor in Rome, 2 February 962 by Pope John XII, and, most unusually, she was crowned Empress at the same ceremony. Among their children, four lived to maturity: Henry, born in 952; Bruno, born 953; Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born about 954; and Otto II, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 955.

In Germany, the crushing of a revolt in 953 by Liudolf, Otto's son by his first marriage, cemented the position of Adelaide, who retained all her dower lands. She accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years.
[edit] Court of Otto III

When her husband Otto I died in 973 he was succeeded by their son Otto II, and Adelaide for some years exercised a powerful influence at court. Later, however, her daughter-in-law, the Byzantine princess Theophano, turned her husband Otto II against his mother, and she was driven from court in 978; she lived partly in Italy, and partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son; in 983 Otto appointed her his viceroy in Italy. However, Otto died the same year, and although both mother and grandmother were appointed as co-regents for the child-king, Otto III, Theophano forced Adelaide to abdicate and exiled her. When Theophano died in 991, Adelaide was restored to the regency of her grandson. She was assisted by Willigis, bishop of Mainz. In 995 Otto III came of age, and Adelaide was free to devote herself exclusively to works of charity, notably the foundation or restoration of religious houses.
[edit] Retirement

Adelaide had long entertained close relations with Cluny, then the center of the movement for ecclesiastical reform, and in particular with its abbots Majolus and Odilo. She retired to a monastery she had founded in c. 991 at Selz in Alsace. Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer. On her way to Burgundy to support her nephew Rudolf III against a rebellion, she died at Selz Abbey on December 16, 999, days short of the millennium she thought would bring the Second Coming of Christ. She had constantly devoted herself to the service of the church and peace, and to the empire as guardian of both; she also interested herself in the conversion of the Slavs. She was thus a principal agent—almost an embodiment—of the work of the Catholic Church during the Early Middle Ages in the construction of the religion-culture of western Europe. Her feast day, December 16, is still kept in many German dioceses.
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Euroopan huomattavimpia naisia 900-luvulla. Italian kuninkaan Lothar II:n myöhemmin keisari Otto Suuren puoliso ja itsekin keisarinnaksi kruunattu. Julistettiin pyhimykseksi 1097.

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[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelheid_von_Burgund Adelheid von Burgund (931–999) Deutsche Wikipedia]

„Weg der Ottonen“, Magdeburger Domplatz

Adelheid (* 931 oder 932 in Hochburgund; † 16. Dezember 999 im Kloster Selz im Elsass) war als Gemahlin Lothars von Italien von 947 bis 950 Königin von Italien und als Gemahlin Ottos des Großen von 951 bis 973 ostfränkische Königin und wieder Königin von Italien sowie von 962 bis 973 Kaiserin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches.

Adelheid von Burgund wird auch als Heilige verehrt.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
[Verbergen]

* 1 Leben
* 2 Regentschaft der Kaiserinnen (985–994)
* 3 Spätere Bedeutung
* 4 Die Darstellung Adelheids in der bildenden Kunst
* 5 Literatur
* 6 Weblinks

Leben [Bearbeiten]

Geburtstag und -ort Adelheids sind nicht bestimmt überliefert; wahrscheinlich ist das Jahr 931 oder 932 und ein Ort in der heutigen Westschweiz oder dem damaligen Hochburgund, wo ihre Eltern als „Wanderkönige“ lebten. Deshalb wird sie auch als „Adelheid von Burgund“ bezeichnet.

Adelheid war die Tochter von König Rudolf II. von Burgund und der Herzogstochter Berta von Schwaben. Noch als Kind wurde sie mit dem Bosoniden Lothar von Italien, dem Sohn Hugos von Arles verlobt und 947 vermutlich 16-jährig mit ihm vermählt. Die junge Adelheid galt schon bald als beispielhafte Christin: Sie kümmerte sich mit großem Einsatz um die armen und am Rande der Gesellschaft stehenden Menschen.

Im Jahr 950 wurde ihr Mann, nach nur drei Ehejahren, vergiftet. Markgraf Berengar von Ivrea wollte seinen Sohn Adalbert mit der jungen Witwe verheiraten, um über sie die italienische Krone zu erlangen. Adelheid lehnte jedoch ab, worauf Berengar sie auf seiner Burg in Garda gefangensetzte. Der jungen Frau gelang die Flucht und sie rettete sich mit ihrer Tochter Emma (der späteren Ehefrau von König Lothar von Frankreich) nach Canossa. Von dort aus rief sie König Otto I., der Adelheids Bruder Konrad erzogen hatte, zu Hilfe. Otto besiegte Berengar, heiratete Adelheid 951 in der lombardischen Königsstadt Pavia und übernahm die langobardisch-italienische Königswürde, setzte aber Berengar als seinen Stellvertreter ein.

Mit dieser Heirat legten Otto I. und Adelheid die Grundlage für die Verbindung des ostfränkischen und des lombardischen Königreiches, dem Kernstück des späteren Imperium Romanum des Mittelalters. Adelheid und Otto hatten vier gemeinsame Kinder:

* Heinrich (* 952; † 954)
* Bruno (* 953; † )
* Mathilde (Äbtissin von Quedlinburg) (* 954 ; † 999)
* Otto II. (später Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches) (* 955 ; † 983)

Adelheid war eine gebildete Frau, sie sprach vier Sprachen und war sehr belesen. Sie übte sowohl in Italien als auch in Deutschland großen Einfluss auf die Politik des Römischen Reiches aus. 962 wurden Otto I. und Adelheid zu Kaiser und Kaiserin gekrönt.
Regentschaft der Kaiserinnen (985–994) [Bearbeiten]

Als Otto I. im Jahr 973 starb, verhinderte sie Erbstreitigkeiten unter den Söhnen und begründete so die Durchsetzung der Dynastie der Ottonen.

Ihre Freundschaft mit Theophanu, der Gemahlin ihres Sohnes, war rein politischer Natur. Nach dem frühen Tod Ottos II. ging es beiden Frauen darum, dem noch Minderjährigen Otto III. die Macht und die Krone des Reiches zu erhalten. Gemeinsam mit dem Erzbischof Willigis von Mainz führten die beiden Frauen die Regierungsgeschäfte für den minderjährigen Kaiser, bis Adelheid sich wegen Spannungen zu Theophanu aus der gemeinsamen Regentschaft zurückzog.

Adelheid blieb Statthalterin von Italien. 991 kehrte sie an den Kaiserhof zurück, als ihre Schwiegertochter Theophanu erst 35-jährig starb. Bis zur Volljährigkeit ihres Enkels Otto III. führte die Kaiserin die Regierungsgeschäfte selbständig.

Nachdem Otto III. die Regierung übernommen hatte, widmete sich Adelheid verstärkt karitativen Aufgaben und förderte Klostergründungen. Besonders am Herzen lag ihr die Reform von Cluny, die sie tatkräftig unterstützte. Schließlich zog sie sich in das von ihr gegründete Kloster Seltz im Nord-Elsass zurück, wo sie im Jahr 999 starb. Von ihrem Grab ist heute nichts mehr erhalten.
Spätere Bedeutung [Bearbeiten]

Adelheid wurde wegen ihrer Mildtätigkeit vom Volk auch über ihren Tod hinaus verehrt. Papst Urban II. sprach sie im Jahr 1097 heilig (→ Heiligsprechung). Der Gedenktag der heiligen Adelheid ist im katholischen, reformierten und orthodoxen Kalender jeweils am 16. Dezember. Bis zur Reformation gab es einen regen Wallfahrtsbetrieb zum Grab der Adelheid in Selz, der aber mit dem Verschwinden der Reliquien endete.

In der deutschen Geschichtsschreibung wird Adelheid gerne übergangen. Die Rolle der starken Frauen während der ottonischen Dynastie wird häufig unterschätzt.
Die Darstellung Adelheids in der bildenden Kunst [Bearbeiten]
Kaiserin Adelheid neben ihrem Gemahl König Otto I. im Meißner Dom

Die Heilige Adelheid wird in der Regel in fürstlichem Gewand mit Zepter und Krone dargestellt. Ab dem 14. Jahrhundert wird ihr als Attribut auch ein Kirchenmodell oder ein Schiff (mit dem sie aus der Gefangenschaft geflohen sein soll) beigegeben.

Die bekannteste Darstellung in der deutschen Kunst gehört zu einer Gruppe von Sandsteinfiguren im Chor des Meißner Doms, die um 1260 entstand. Sie ist hier neben ihrem nicht heiliggesprochenen Gemahl abgebildet, da er gemeinsam mit ihr das Bistum Meißen gründete.
Literatur [Bearbeiten]

* Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Adelheid von Burgund (931–999). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1, Hamm 1975, Sp. 35–35.
* Franz Staab, Thorsten Unger (Hgg.): Kaiserin Adelheid und ihre Klostergründung in Selz, Referate der wissenschaftlichen Tagung in Landau und Selz vom 15. bis 17. Oktober 1999 (Veröffentlichungen der Pfälzischen Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften 99), 1. Aufl. Speyer 2005, ISBN 3-932155-21-1.
* Ernst Steindorff: Adelheid (Kaiserin). In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 1. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 75–77.
* Stefan Weinfurter: Kaiserin Adelheid und das ottonische Kaisertum. In: Frühmittelalterliche Studien, Bd. 33 (1999), S. 1–19.
* Walter Schlesinger: Adelheid. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 1. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, S. 57 f. (Onlinefassung)

Weblinks [Bearbeiten]
Commons: Adelheid von Burgund – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
Wikisource Wikisource: Odilo von Cluny: Das Leben der Kaiserin Adalheid, übersetzt von Hermann Hüffer (1891) – Quellen und Volltexte
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Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932 – 16 December 999) was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century.

She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair. They had a daughter, Emma of Italy.

The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como. She escaped to the protection, at Canossa, of Adalbert Atto, where she was besieged by Berengar. She managed to send an emissary to throw herself on the mercy of Otto the Great of Germany. His brothers were equally willing to save the heiress of Italy, but Otto got an army into the field: they subsequently met at the old Lombard capital of Pavia and were married in 951; he was crowned Emperor in Rome, 2 February 962 by Pope John XII, and, most unusually, she was crowned Empress at the same ceremony. Among their children, four lived to maturity: Henry, born in 952; Bruno, born 953; Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born about 954; and Otto II, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 955.

In Germany, the crushing of a revolt in 953 by Liudolf, Otto's son by his first marriage, cemented the position of Adelaide, who retained all her dower lands. She accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years.

When her husband Otto I died in 973 he was succeeded by their son Otto II, and Adelaide for some years exercised a powerful influence at court. Later, however, her daughter-in-law, the Byzantine princess Theophano, turned her husband Otto II against his mother, and she was driven from court in 978; she lived partly in Italy, and partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son; in 983 Otto appointed her his viceroy in Italy. However, Otto died the same year, and although both mother and grandmother were appointed as co-regents for the child-king, Otto III, Theophano forced Adelaide to abdicate and exiled her. When Theophano died in 991, Adelaide was restored to the regency of her grandson. She was assisted by Willigis, bishop of Mainz. In 995 Otto III came of age, and Adelaide was free to devote herself exclusively to works of charity, notably the foundation or restoration of religious houses.

Adelaide had long entertained close relations with Cluny, then the center of the movement for ecclesiastical reform, and in particular with its abbots Majolus and Odilo. She retired to a monastery she had founded in c. 991 at Selz in Alsace. Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer. On her way to Burgundy to support her nephew Rudolf III against a rebellion, she died at Selz Abbey on December 16, 999, days short of the millennium she thought would bring the Second Coming of Christ. She had constantly devoted herself to the service of the church and peace, and to the empire as guardian of both; she also interested herself in the conversion of the Slavs. She was thus a principal agent—almost an embodiment—of the work of the Catholic Church during the Early Middle Ages in the construction of the religion-culture of western Europe. Her feast day, December 16, is still kept in many German dioceses.
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Adelaide of Italy
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Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932 – 16 December 999) was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century.
She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair. They had a daughter, Emma of Italy.
The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como. She escaped to the protection, at Canossa, of Adalbert Atto, where she was besieged by Berengar. She managed to send an emissary to throw herself on the mercy of Otto the Great of Germany. His brothers were equally willing to save the heiress of Italy, but Otto got an army into the field: they subsequently met at the old Lombard capital of Pavia and were married in 951; he was crowned Emperor in Rome, 2 February 962 by Pope John XII, and, most unusually, she was crowned Empress at the same ceremony. Among their children, four lived to maturity: Henry, born in 952; Bruno, born 953; Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born about 954; and Otto II, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 955.
In Germany, the crushing of a revolt in 953 by Liudolf, Otto's son by his first marriage, cemented the position of Adelaide, who retained all her dower lands. She accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years.
When her husband Otto I died in 973 he was succeeded by their son Otto II, and Adelaide for some years exercised a powerful influence at court. Later, however, her daughter-in-law, the Byzantine princess Theophano, turned her husband Otto II against his mother, and she was driven from court in 978; she lived partly in Italy, and partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son; in 983 Otto appointed her his viceroy in Italy. However, Otto died the same year, and although both mother and grandmother were appointed as co-regents for the child-king, Otto III, Theophano forced Adelaide to abdicate and exiled her. When Theophano died in 991, Adelaide was restored to the regency of her grandson. She was assisted by Willigis, bishop of Mainz. In 995 Otto III came of age, and Adelaide was free to devote herself exclusively to works of charity, notably the foundation or restoration of religious houses.
Adelaide had long entertained close relations with Cluny, then the center of the movement for ecclesiastical reform, and in particular with its abbots Majolus and Odilo. She retired to a monastery she had founded in c. 991 at Selz in Alsace. Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer. On her way to Burgundy to support her nephew Rudolf III against a rebellion, she died at Selz Abbey on December 16, 999, days short of the millennium she thought would bring the Second Coming of Christ. She had constantly devoted herself to the service of the church and peace, and to the empire as guardian of both; she also interested herself in the conversion of the Slavs. She was thus a principal agent—almost an embodiment—of the work of the Catholic Church during the Early Middle Ages in the construction of the religion-culture of western Europe. Her feast day, December 16, is still kept in many German dioceses.

References

John Coulson, editor. The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary. Hawthorn Books, 1960.
Genealogie-Mittelalter: "Adelheid von Burgund".
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.

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Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932 – 16 December 999) was Holy Roman Empress and perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century.

Life
She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair. They had a daughter, Emma of Italy.

Marriage to Otto I
The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como. She escaped to the protection, at Canossa, of Adalbert Atto, where she was besieged by Berengar. She managed to send an emissary to throw herself on the mercy of Otto the Great of Germany. His brothers were equally willing to save the heiress of Italy, but Otto got an army into the field: they subsequently met at the old Lombard capital of Pavia and were married in 951; he was crowned Emperor in Rome, 2 February 962 by Pope John XII, and, most unusually, she was crowned Empress at the same ceremony. Among their children, four lived to maturity: Henry, born in 952; Bruno, born 953; Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born about 954; and Otto II, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 955.

In Germany, the crushing of a revolt in 953 by Liudolf, Otto's son by his first marriage, cemented the position of Adelaide, who retained all her dower lands. She accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years.

Court of Otto III
When her husband Otto I died in 973 he was succeeded by their son Otto II, and Adelaide for some years exercised a powerful influence at court. Later, however, her daughter-in-law, the Byzantine princess Theophano, turned her husband Otto II against his mother, and she was driven from court in 978; she lived partly in Italy, and partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son; in 983 Otto appointed her his viceroy in Italy. However, Otto died the same year, and although both mother and grandmother were appointed as co-regents for the child-king, Otto III, Theophano forced Adelaide to abdicate and exiled her. When Theophano died in 991, Adelaide was restored to the regency of her grandson. She was assisted by Willigis, bishop of Mainz. In 995 Otto III came of age, and Adelaide was free to devote herself exclusively to works of charity, notably the foundation or restoration of religious houses.

Retirement
Adelaide had long entertained close relations with Cluny, then the center of the movement for ecclesiastical reform, and in particular with its abbots Majolus and Odilo. She retired to a monastery she had founded in c. 991 at Selz in Alsace. Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer. On her way to Burgundy to support her nephew Rudolf III against a rebellion, she died at Selz Abbey on December 16, 999, days short of the millennium she thought would bring the Second Coming of Christ. She had constantly devoted herself to the service of the church and peace, and to the empire as guardian of both; she also interested herself in the conversion of the Slavs. She was thus a principal agent—almost an embodiment—of the work of the Catholic Church during the Early Middle Ages in the construction of the religion-culture of western Europe. Her feast day, December 16, is still kept in many German dioceses.

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Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy (931/932 – 16 December 999) was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century.

She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair. They had a daughter, Emma of Italy.

The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como. She escaped to the protection, at Canossa, of Adalbert Atto, where she was besieged by Berengar. She managed to send an emissary to throw herself on the mercy of Otto the Great of Germany. His brothers were equally willing to save the heiress of Italy, but Otto got an army into the field: they subsequently met at the old Lombard capital of Pavia and were married in 951; he was crowned Emperor in Rome, 2 February 962 by Pope John XII, and, most unusually, she was crowned Empress at the same ceremony. Among their children, four lived to maturity: Henry, born in 952; Bruno, born 953; Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born about 954; and Otto II, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 955.

In Germany, the crushing of a revolt in 953 by Liudolf, Otto's son by his first marriage, cemented the position of Adelaide, who retained all her dower lands. She accompanied Otto in 966 on his third expedition to Italy, where she remained with him for six years.

When her husband Otto I died in 973 he was succeeded by their son Otto II, and Adelaide for some years exercised a powerful influence at court. Later, however, her daughter-in-law, the Byzantine princess Theophano, turned her husband Otto II against his mother, and she was driven from court in 978; she lived partly in Italy, and partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son; in 983 Otto appointed her his viceroy in Italy. However, Otto died the same year, and although both mother and grandmother were appointed as co-regents for the child-king, Otto III, Theophano forced Adelaide to abdicate and exiled her. When Theophano died in 991, Adelaide was restored to the regency of her grandson. She was assisted by Willigis, bishop of Mainz. In 995 Otto III came of age, and Adelaide was free to devote herself exclusively to works of charity, notably the foundation or restoration of religious houses.

Adelaide had long entertained close relations with Cluny, then the center of the movement for ecclesiastical reform, and in particular with its abbots Majolus and Odilo. She retired to a monastery she had founded in c. 991 at Selz in Alsace. Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer. On her way to Burgundy to support her nephew Rudolf III against a rebellion, she died at Selz Abbey on December 16, 999, days short of the millennium she thought would bring the Second Coming of Christ. She had constantly devoted herself to the service of the church and peace, and to the empire as guardian of both; she also interested herself in the conversion of the Slavs. She was thus a principal agent—almost an embodiment—of the work of the Catholic Church during the Early Middle Ages in the construction of the religion-culture of western Europe. Her feast day, December 16, is still kept in many German dioceses.
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Il primo marito morì avvelenato e, al suo rifiuto di sposare il figlio dell'assassino di suo marito, venne imprigionata. Re Otto I la liberò e la sposò.

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Adelheid Von BourgondiA Sluit het venster Ga naar de gezinskaart Foto geen foto Personalia Naam: Adelheid Von BourgondiA Overleden: 17-12-0 te Selz (Alsace) D Ouders: Rudolf II Van BourgondiA en Bertha Von Schwaben Broers, zussen: Conrad I Le Pacifique Roy Van Echtgenoot: Lotharius Koning Van ItaliA Echtgenoot: Otto De Grote Van Sachsen \ Duitsland Kinderen: Emma Van Otto 2 Richilde Levensloop: 0 jaar: geboorte Adelheid 0 jaar: overlijden echtgenoot Otto De Grote Van Sachsen \ 0 jaar: overlijden moeder 0 jaar: geboorte dochter Richilde 0 jaar: overlijden echtgenoot Lotharius Koning 0 jaar: Adelheid overlijdt

443595293. Grevinne Adelheid RUDOLFSDTR av Burgund (16676) was born about 931.(16677) She died on 16 Dec 999 in i Kloster. (16678) She was a Grevinne in Burgund. (16679) Ennu som barn efter farens død i 937 og mens moren giftet seg med kong Hugo av Italien, blev hun forlovet med dennes sønn Lothar og blev gift med ham i 947. Egter hans død i 950 vilde motkongen, Berengar av Ivrea, tvinge henne til å ekte en sønn av ham, Adalbert, men hun flyktet fra ham og ektet isteden Otto I., med hvem hun blev kronet i Rom 962. Hun øvet stor politisk innflytelse, især da hun sammen med sin sønns hustru , Theofanu, førte riksregimentet for den lille Otto III.

Adelheid (født ca. 931 i Burgund; død 16. desember 999 i Kloster Selz i Elsass) var en tysk keiserinne og helgen.

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Adelheid var datter av Rudolf II av Burgund og Berta av Schwaben. Hun ble alt som barn forlovet med kong Lothar II av Italia. De giftet seg da hun var 16, og fikk datteren Emma, som senere ble gift med kong Lothar V av Frankrike.

Lothar II døde alt i 950, vissnok forgiftet av Berengar av Ivrea som overtok tronen. Berengar ønsket at Adelheid skulle ekte hans sønn Adalbert. Adelheid nektet dette og ble sammen med sin datter fengslet i en borg ved Gardasjøen. De greide å flykte og søkte tilflukt hos hertugen i Canossa. Derfra søkte Adelheid hjelp fra kong Otto I av Tyskland, som ledet en invasjon, beseiret Berengar, tok over den italienske tronen og ektet Adelheid i 951.

Adelheid og Otto hadde følgende barn sammen:

Mathilde av Quedlinburg (abbedisse)
Heinrich
Bruno
Otto
Adelheid var belest og snakket en rekke språk. Hun øvet stor innflytelse både i Italia og Tyskland. I 962 ble hennes ektemann Otto I kronet til tysk-romersk keiser og hun selv til keiserinne.

Etter Otto I døde i 973 fortsatte hun å øve stor innflytelse over sønnen Otto II, men hun kom etter hvert i konflikt med sin svigerdatter Theophanu av Bysans. Etter Otto IIs død i 983 ble Adelheid regent for sin mindreårige sønnesønn Otto III i Italia, mens Theophanu var regent i Tyskland. Etter Theophanus død i 991 ble hun regent også i Tyskland fram til Otto ble myndig i 993.

Sine siste år viet hun til grunnleggelser av klostre. I 995 trakk hun seg tilbake til klosteret hun hadde grunnlagt i Selz i Alsace, hvor hun døde i 999.

Adelheid ble kanonisert av pave Urban II i 1097.

Litteratur
B. Keiser: Adelheid - Königin, Kaiserin, Heilige. Piper. ISBN 3-492-22995-6
Gertrud Bäumer: Adelheid - Mutter der Königreiche ISBN 3-87067-359-1
Hentet fra ?http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelheid_av_Det_tysk-romerske_rike?

Source: THE RUFUS PARKS PEDIGREE by Brian J.L. Berry.

Page 55 chart: Adèle of Burgundy.

!Availability: The libraries of Ken, Karen, Kristen, Kevin, Brian, Amy, Adam and FAL

from "Our Folk" by Albert D Hart, Jr.

RESEARCH NOTES:
Empress of Holy Roman Empire

SOURCE NOTES:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/edw3chrt.html

She is not mentioned in the Roman martyrology, but her name appears i n several calendars of Germany, and her relics are enshrined in Hanove r. St. Odilo of Cluny wrote her life.

"OF BURGUNDY"

Widow of Lothary, King of Italy. [BROOKES.GED]

"OF LOMBARDY"; SAINT

Canonized in the year 1097 by Pope Urban II.
patron saint of the abused, princesses, etc.

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