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Birth:          ABT 1140 of Blois, France
Death:          4 Jun 1206 Paris, France
Burial:         Abbaye de Fontigny, Fontigny, Isle de France, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adela_of_Champagne
Adela of Champagne (French: Adèle; c. 1140 – 4 June 1206), also known as Adelaide 
and Alix, was Queen of France as the third wife of Louis VII. She was the daughter of 
Theobald II, Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia, and was named after her 
grandmother, Adela of Normandy.

Louis and Adela married on 18 October 1160, five weeks after his previous wife, 
Constance of Castile, died in childbirth. Queen Adèle was the mother of Louis VII's 
only son, Philip II, and of the Byzantine empress Agnes.[2]

Adela was active in the political life of the kingdom, along with her brothers Henry I, 
Theobald V, and Guillaume aux Blanches Mains. Henry and Theobald were married to 
daughters of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine.[3] Adela and her brothers felt their 
position threatened when the heiress of Artois, Isabella of Hainault, married Adèle's 
son Philip. Adèle formed an alliance with Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, and Philip of 
Flanders, and even tried to interest Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. War broke out in 
1181, and relations became so bad that Philip attempted to divorce Isabella in 1184.

Although her power decreased after the accession of Philip in 1180, Queen Adela 
acted as regent in 1190 while Philip was away on the Third Crusade. She returned to 
the shadows when he returned in 1192 but participated in the founding of many 
abbeys.

Queen Adela died on 4 June 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and was buried in 
the church of Pontigny Abbey near Auxerre.

Parents
OF BLOIS Theobald (Thibaud) IV (II) "the Great" (1090 - 8 Jan 1152)
VON SPONHEIM Mathilde (Maud) (ABT 1097 - 13 Dec 1160)

Siblings
____ Henry (Henri) I "the Generous" (1127 - 16 Mar 1181)
DE CHAMPAGNE Marie (1128 - 17 Aug 1190)
OF BLOIS Agnes (ABT 1138 - 7 Aug 1207)
OF BLOIS Adelaide (Adele) (Alix) (ABT 1140 - 4 Jun 1206)
OF BLOIS Maud (Mahaut) (ABT 1142 - BEF 1189)

Marriage To ____ Louis VII "the Young" (1119 - 18 Sep 1180)
    m. 18 Oct 1160 his third

Notes

Parents
____ Louis VI "le Gros" ("the Fat") (1 Dec 1081 - 1 Aug 1137)
OF MAURIENNE (OF SAVOY) Adelaide (Alix) (ABT 1092 - 18 Nov 1154)

Children by ____ Louis VII "the Young" 1119 - 18 Sep 1180
____ Philippe Auguste II (22 Aug 1165 - 14 Jul 1223)

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