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Gerloc (Normandie) d'Aquitaine (abt. 912 - aft. 962)

Gerloc (Adela) "Countess of Poitou" d'Aquitaine formerly Normandie
Born about in Normandie, Neustriamap
Wife of — married 0935 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 50 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, Francemap
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Biography

Birth and Parents

Gerloc was the daughter of Rollo and Poppa. "Guillaume de Jumièges records that Rollo captured “Baiocasensem urbem” [Bayeux] along with "nobilissimam puellam...Popam filiam...Berengarii illustris viri" whom he married “more Danico” and by whom he had “Willelmum...filiamque...Gerloc”. Robert of Torigny also names "Willermum Longum Spatam et Gerloch" as children of "Rollo dux Northmannorum" and Poppa." [1]

Rollo[1] and Poppa[2][3]

Gerloc (Geirlaugh)[4]

912 Baptized in Rouen

She adopted the name ADELA when baptised. [1]

Alias: Adela (after marriage)[5][6]

bap. 912 Rouen[7]

935 Marriage to William

Guillaume of Jumièges records the marriage of “dux...sororem eius...Gerlco” and "Willelmus Pictavensis comes”. [1]

In 935 she married Guillaume I, "Tête d'Etoupe" Comte de Poitou, son of EBLES "Mancer" Comte de Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine & his first wife Aremburga ([900]-3 Apr 963). He succeeded in 959 as Guillaume III Duke of Aquitaine. [1]

* Adelaide m. Hugh Capet[8]

  • William Fierabras, Count of Poitiers and Duke of Aquitaine[9][10][2]

m. (abt 935 Rouen)[11][12] William Towhead or Tête d'étoupe, later Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine (c.935-963).[13][14] Issue: 2[15]

962 Rights in Poitiers

Lothaire King of France granted her 14 Oct 962 the right to dispose of extensive property in Poitiers, la Cour de Faye, this grant effectively putting an end to the long dispute between her husband and the family of Hugues "Capet". She used the property to found the Monastery of Sainte-Trinité. [1]

963 Donation to Cluny

"Guillelmi comitis, Adeleidis comitisse" subscribed a charter recording a donation to Cluny dated [963][74]. [1]

969 Death

Gerloc died after 969. [1]

d. after 14 Oct 962 or 969[16][17]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website. Entry for Gerloc Accessed 6 October 2020 jhd
  2. successor in Aquitaine. He abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son.[citation needed] ... am not sure that William II is the son of Gerloc (N.a., n.d.).

See also:

  • Boaz, A. (2014). "William I (III) Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou." Specific Ancestral Lines of the Boaz, Paul, Welty & Fishel Families, (pp.725). Otter Bay Books, LLC. Books.
  • N.a. Some Descendants of Charlemagne. N.p.
  • Palgrave, F. (1857). The History of Normandy and of England: The three first dukes of Normandy: Rollo, Guillaume-Longue-Epée, and Richard-Sans-Peur. The Carlovingian line supplanted by the Capets. J.W. Parker and Son. Google Books.
  • Van-Houts, E. (2000). "The Normans and their neighbors." The Normans in Europe, (pp.182). Manchester University Press. Google Books.
  • Weis, F.L. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books
  • Wikipedia: Gerloc; Wikipedia: Rollo#Family; Wikipedia: William IV, Duke of Aquitaine




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I've removed the image from this profile, it was a very fanciful image that wasn't of Gerloc. Though I seriously doubt that it is of Eleanor of Aquitaine either.
posted by John Atkinson
That could be, John. I'm going on Pinterest postings but they are also without attribution. Can we also delete the background images? (not necessary, I just find them a bit annoying, since they are imaginary - a hand sketch or picture of a castle or something might be less silly.)
posted by Robin Anderson
edited by Robin Anderson
This photo is bogus. Yes, is Eleanor of Aquitaine, not Gerloc. Nice to invent ancestry, isn't it? Please get serious, folks.
posted by Robin Anderson
Eleanor of Aquitaine photo
If someone knows that the image on this page is not 'Gerloc' than why is it on this page?
posted by Scott Lee
Poitou-1 and Normandie-81 appear to represent the same person because: Guillaume d'Aquitaine married Gerloc de Normandie who took the name Adela when baptized. There is only evidence for one marriage for the duke.
posted by Helmut Jungschaffer

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