Adelaide of Lauffen

Adelaide of Lauffen (also Adelheid von Lauffen; c. 1060/1075 – after 1130) was a German noblewoman.

Family background

Adelaide was the daughter of Count Henry II of Lauffen (d.1067) and his wife, Ida of Hövel (1030?-1090), daughter of Bernard I, count of Werl and Hövel. From her parents, Adelaide inherited Hövel, Unna, Telgte und Warendorf.^[1]

Marriages and children

Adelaide was married twice. Around 1090, Adelaide married, as her first husband, Adolf II of Berg.^[2] With Adolf Adelaide had three sons:

• Adolf III of Berg
• Bruno of Berg, later archbishop of Cologne (r.1131-1137)^[3]
• Everhard/Eberhard, later abbot of the monastery of Georgenthal

After Adolf's death in 1106, Adelaide married Frederick I/V, count of Sommerschenburg, and count palatine of Saxony (r. 1111–1120). With Frederick, Adelaide had two children:

• Frederick II/VI of Sommerschenburg, count palatine of Saxony (d.1162), who married his niece, Lutgard of Salzwedel^[4]
• Adelaide, who married Goswin II of Heinsberg, and had two children with him: Goswin III of Heinsberg, and Philip of Heinsberg, later archbishop of Cologne (r.1167-1191).^[5]