Adelaide De Maurienne Savoy

1092 - 1154  (62 years)

• Name	Adelaide De Maurienne Savoy
  Birth	18 Nov 1092	Rhône-Alpes, France
  Christening	1115	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Gender	Female
  FSID	L8WY-7T9
  Death	18 Nov 1154	Rhône-Alpes, France
  Burial	Île-De-France, France
  Person ID	I7630	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Humbert De Savoie,   b. 1062, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 17 Oct 1103, Savoie, France (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gisela Of Burgundy, Countess Of Savoy ,   b. 1060, Picardie, France d. 1133, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1090	Savoie, France
  Family ID	F4455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louis Capet,   b. Abt 1081, Paris, Île-De-France, France d. 1 Aug 1137, Auvergne, France (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1115
  Children	+ 1. Louis Capet, King of France ,   b. Abt 1121   d. 18 Sep 1180, Paris, Île-De-France, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Robert Capet,   b. 1 Jan 1123, Champagne, France d. 11 Oct 1188, Picardie, France (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Pierre Capet, Seigneur De Courtenay ,   b. Abt Sep 1126, Champagne, France d. 10 Apr 1183, Jerusalem, Israel (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  She was the second Queen consort of Louis VI of France. She was the ni e c e o f P o pe Callixtus II, who once visited her court in France. Her fat h e r d i e d in 1103, and her mother married Renier I of Montferrat as a se c o n d h u sband. She became the second wife of Louis VI of France (1081-1 1 3 7 ) , w hom she married on 3 August 1115. They had eight children, the s e c o n d o f whom became Louis VII of France. Adelaide was one of the most p o l i t i cally active of all France's medieval queens consort. Her name app e a r s o n 4 5 royal charters from the reign of Louis VI. During her tenur e a s q u e e n, royal charters were dated with both her regnal year and tha t o f t h e k i ng. Among many other religious benefactions, she and Louis f o un d e d t he monastery of St Peter's (Ste Pierre) at Montmartre, in the n o r t h e rn suburbs of Paris. She was reputed to be "ugly," but attentive a n d p i o u s.