Empress, ST of Italy Adelaide
- 999
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Empress, ST of Italy Adelaide (daughter of King of Italy Rudolf, II); died on 16 Dec 999 in Seltz, Alsace, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Empress of Italy
- To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
Notes:
Occupation:
The Calendar of Saints says her first husband was poisoned by his successor. When she refused to marry the murderer's son, she was imprisoned. King Otto the Great freed her and married her. He died and her daughter-in-law forced Adelaide to qui t the royal presence. Throughout these troubles she remained gracious and loving and was canonised a hundred years after her death. 16 Dec is her feast dayAdelaide married King of Germany Otto, I in 951. Otto (son of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Henry, I and St. Matilda Saxony, of Saxony) was born on 23 Nov 912; died on 7 May 973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Otto, II was born in 955 in Saxony, Germany; died on 7 Dec 983.
2. King of Italy Rudolf, II (son of King of Burgundy Rudolf, I); died in 937. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: King of Italy 926, King of Burgundy 912-937, King of Arles
- To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
Children:
- 1. Empress, ST of Italy Adelaide died on 16 Dec 999 in Seltz, Alsace, France.
Generation: 3
4. King of Burgundy Rudolf, I (son of Count of Auxerre Conrad); died in 912. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: King of Burgundy in France
- To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
Children:
- 2. King of Italy Rudolf, II died in 937.
Generation: 4
8. Count of Auxerre Conrad (son of Conrad, of Argengau and Adelaide, of Tours); died in 876. Other Events and Attributes:
- To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
Children:
- Adelheid, of Auxerre
- 4. King of Burgundy Rudolf, I died in 912.