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Adèle of Champagne (c. 1140 - 4 June 1206), also known as Adelaide and Alix, was the third wife of Louis VII of France (they married in November 1160, five weeks after his previous wife Constance of Castile had died at childbirth) and the mother of his only male heir, who became Philip II.[2] She was the daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia and was named after her grandmother. She 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] Adèle 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 Count Philip of Flanders, and even tried to interest 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, she acted as regent of the kingdom 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. She died on 4 June 1206, and was buried in the church of Pontigny Abbey near Auxerre. She had two children with Louis VII of France:[4] Dieudonné, the future Philip Augustus[5] Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress At first, Adèle was not pleased with her daughter-in-law Isabella of Hainault.[6] She was temporarily hostile to Isabella s family and this caused tension at the French court.[7] Her grandchildren were King Louis VIII of France, wife of Narjot de Toucy, Duchess Marie and Philip I, Count of Boulogne.[8] Sources Jump up ^ Garland, Lynda. Byzantine empresses: women and power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204. London, Routledge, 1999. Jump up ^ Gislebert of Mons' Chronicon Jump up ^ Women's Biography: Alix/Adela of Champagne, queen of France Jump up ^ Karl Ferdinand Werner: Adela von Champagne in Lexikon des Mittelalters Jump up ^ Women in World History by Anne Commire Jump up ^ A Companion to Chrétien de Troyes by Norris J. Lacy and Joan Tasker Grimbert. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2008. Jump up ^ Nolan, Kathleen D. Capetian Women, 2003. Jump up ^ Adams, Henry (17 October 2006) [1913]. "Chapter V: Towers and Portals". Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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