Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine

945 - 1006  (61 years)

• Name	Adelaide de Aquitaine  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Queen of the Franks
  Birth	945	Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Jun 1006	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I9181	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Duke of Aquitaine Guillaume Tête d'Aquitaine,   b. 915, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 3 Apr 963, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Adele de Normandy,   b. 917, Normandy, France d. 962, France (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet,   b. 939, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 24 Oct 996, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 968	Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France   [3, 4]
  Children	1. King of the Franks Robert Capet, II,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 945 - Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France Marriage - Abt 968 - Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Death - 15 Jun 1006 - Paris, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Adelaide of Aquitaine Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004),[1] was Queen of France by marriage to Hugh Capet, King of the Franks (c. 939 – 14 October 996). Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France, which would rule France until the 18th and 19th centuries. As queen…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Adelaide de Poitou of Aquitaine 945-1004. Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (b. c. 945 or 952 – d. 1004) was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969. In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122680964/adelaide-of_aquitaine [S952] Wikipedia: Adelaide of Aquataine, Adelaide de Aquataine. Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2] In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France. Hugh apparently trusted in her judgement and allowed her to take part in government: he proposed her to negotiate for him with the regent of the German Empire, empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to their agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine [S951] Wikipedia: Hugh Capet, Hugh Capet. Hugh Capet[a][b] (c. 939 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. He was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was a descendant in illegitimate descent of Charlemagne through his paternal grandmother. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Capet