Adelaide of Metz (of Lower Alsace) Alsace
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Adelaide of Metz (of Lower Alsace) Alsace (abt. 970 - abt. 1046)

Adelaide of Metz "Duchess of Franconia" Alsace formerly of Lower Alsace
Born about in Eguisheim, Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germanymap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , [half], , [half], , and [half]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about at about age 76 in Öhringen, Württemberg, Germanymap
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Biography

Adelaide was born in 970 in Egisheim. She was a member of the Matfriding dynasty, descending from Matfrid. She was a daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau and Liutgarde of Lotharingia, and a sister of Adalbert and Gerhard. [1]

She married Henry of Speyer, a German count and member of the Salian dynasty.

They had two children, Judith of Speyer and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.

After her husband's death, she married a Frankish count from the Babenberg dynasty and had another son, Gebhard III, Bishop of Regensburg.

In 1037 she founded the Collegiate Church in Öhringen. [2]

She was buried in Öhringen. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Biographie, Deutsche. Konrad II. (Salier) - Deutsche Biographie. [1]
  2. ↑ Biographie, Deutsche. Adelheid - Deutsche Biographie. [2]
  3. ↑ Detailed biography on Wikipedia. [3]




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Illustration from the Obleybuch of Öhringen, showing the founding of the Öhringen covent of canons in 1037. Lower left: the founder, countess Adelheid of Metz, lower right: Petrus, upper left: bishop Gebhard of Regensburg, upper right: count Burchard of
Illustration from the Obleybuch of Öhringen, showing the founding of the Öhringen covent of canons in 1037. Lower left: the founder, countess Adelheid of Metz, lower right: Petrus, upper left: bishop Gebhard of Regensburg, upper right: count Burchard of


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