Adele of Meaux

Adela of Vermandois (c. 935^{[citation needed]} – c. 982) was a French noblewoman. She was Countess of Chalon and later Countess of Anjou.

Adela of Vermandois
Effigy of Adele of Meaux on her tomb
Born	c. 935
Died	c. 982
Buried	St Aubin Abbey, Angers
Noble family	Carolingian
Spouse(s)	Geoffrey I of Anjou
Issue	Fulk III of Anjou Geoffrey Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
Father	Robert of Vermandois
Mother	Adelaide Werra

Adela was a daughter of Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux and Troyes, and Adelaide de Burgundy.^[1][a] Adele died in 982.^[3]

Family

She married Geoffrey I of Anjou (c. 938/940 – July 21, 987).^[1] Their children were:

• Fulk III of Anjou (970-1040),^[1] he succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.
• Geoffrey of Anjou (971-977), died young.
• Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou, married Conan I of Rennes.^[1] She married secondly William II of Angoulême.^[1]

Notes

1. According to Bachrach, Adele's father was Herbert II, Count of Vermandois.^[2]