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Adeliza of Louvain

1103 - 1151

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Adeliza of Louvain (also Adelicia, Adela, Adelais, and Aleidis; c. 1103 – March/April 1151) was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135 as the second wife of King Henry I. Adeliza was the eldest child of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, and Ida of Chiny. In 1121, aged about 18, Adeliza was married to Henry, who was around 54 years of age. Henry's only legitimate son, William Adelin, had died in 1120, which had prompted Henry to marry again. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adeliza of Louvain is the 457th most popular companion (up from 527th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 277th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Adeliza of Louvain ranks 457 out of 784. Before her are Theodora, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Constance of Hungary, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Theodora Kantakouzene, and Natalia Pushkina. After her are Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, Zarifa Aliyeva, Vashti, Aspasia Manos, Tanaquil, and Kera Tamara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1103, Adeliza of Louvain ranks 9. Before her are Harald Gille, William Adelin, Emperor Toba, Aénor de Châtellerault, Alfonso Jordan, and André de Montbard. After her are Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon, and Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia. Among people deceased in 1151, Adeliza of Louvain ranks 3. Before her are Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Suger. After her are Kim Bu-sik, George of Antioch, Elvira of Castile, Countess of Toulouse, and Alice of Antioch.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adeliza of Louvain ranks 225 out of 1,190. Before her are Hubert Pierlot (1883), Juan de Flandes (1450), Théophile de Donder (1872), Robert Cailliau (1947), Pierre Deligne (1944), and Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797). After her are Jacob van Artevelde (1290), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), Frans Masereel (1889), Bernard van Orley (1487), Jozef De Kesel (1947), and Paul Bril (1556).

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Among COMPANIONS In Belgium

Among companions born in Belgium, Adeliza of Louvain ranks 5. Before her are Carlota of Mexico (1840), Isabella of Austria (1501), Matilda of Flanders (1031), and Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254). After her are Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress (1190), Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830), and Katherine Swynford (1350).

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