Adelaide, Countess of Soissons

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Adelaide (died 1105), was sovereign Countess of Soissons from 1057 until 1105.

She was the daughter of Renaud I, Count of Soissons, and his wife, whose name is unknown, widow of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier. .

Adelaide became ruler of the County of Soissons upon the death of her father and brother, Guy II, Count of Soissons, in 1057.[1]

Adelaide married William Busac, Count of Eu, grandson of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Adelaide and William had five children:

• Renaud II, Count of Soissons
• John I, Count of Soissons, married to Aveline de Pierrefonds
• Manasses of Soissons, Bishop of Cambrai, Bishop of Soissons
• Lithuise de Blois, married to Milo I of Montlhéry
• Unnamed daughter, married to Yves le Vieux.

William Busac became Count of Soissons, de jure uxoris, upon their marriage.

Sources

Dormay, C., Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs, Soissons, 1664 (available on Google Books)

References

"Comtes de Soissons (Normandy)".

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ADELA of Soissons (-c1105)
d/o RENAUD Count of Soissons
x GUILLAUME "Busac" d'Eu, Count of Soissons
1.RENAUD [II] Count of Soissons (-1099)
2.JOHN (->1115)
3.MANASSES Bishop of Soissons (-1 Mar 1108)
4. NN x IVES de Nesle

• -http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfralaoncou.htm#AdelaSoissonsdied1105
  

ii) [ADELA (-[1105]). Guillaume of Jumièges records that “Willelmus cognomento Busacius” plotted rebellion against Guillaume II Duke of Normandy, who besieged “castrum Oucis” and forced Guillaume into exile with Henri I King of France, who granted him “comitatum Suessionis...cum quadam nobili coniuge”[666]. This source does not link the grant of the county of Soissons to Guillaume’s marriage to the heiress of the county, nor does the wording of the passage even imply that connection although such a link is the most obvious explanation for the grant. No other primary source has yet been identified which confirms her parentage and marriage. If Guillaume’s wife was the heiress of Soissons, the chronology suggests that she could have been the sister of Comte Guy [II], although she could also have been a more remote relation. She is named Adela in secondary sources but no primary source has been identified which confirms that this name is correct.

m GUILLAUME "Busac" d'Eu, son of GUILLAUME Comte d'Hiémois et d'Eu [Normandy] & his wife Lesceline de Tourville (-[1076]).]

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