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Adelaide of Aquitaine

950 - 1004

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Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004), was the queen of France by marriage to King Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 14 October 996). Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France, which ruled France until the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adelaide of Aquitaine is the 250th most popular companion (up from 256th in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from France (down from 1,086th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Companion.

Adelaide of Aquitaine was the first queen consort of King Louis VII of France. She was famous for being the mother of King Philip II Augustus, who was the first king of France from the House of Capet.

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Among companions, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 250 out of 784. Before her are Louise of the Netherlands, Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples, Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Amélie of Orléans, and Elizabeth Alexeievna. After her are Catherine of Lancaster, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Elizabeth of Austria, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and Sophie of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 4. Before her are Erik the Red, Pope John XVII, and Mariam al-Asturlabi. After her are Amlaíb, King of Scotland, Ibn Yunus, Maslama al-Majriti, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Leo the Deacon, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Gunnor, and Olof Björnsson. Among people deceased in 1004, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 1. After her are Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, Abbo of Fleury, Nilus the Younger, and Theobald II of Blois.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 1,088 out of 6,770. Before her are Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Félix d'Herelle (1873), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Marcel Carné (1906), and Henri Giraud (1879). After her are Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Danielle Darrieux (1917), André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Horace Vernet (1789), Léon Bonnat (1833), and Alphonse Bertillon (1853).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 30. Before her are Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Joan the Lame (1293), Eleanor of Provence (1223), Agnès Sorel (1422), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), and Charlotte of Savoy (1441). After her are Sophie of France (1734), Bertrade de Montfort (1070), Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Constance of Arles (974), and Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817).

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