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Baldwin V the Pious of Flanders
(Cir 1012-1067)
Adele of France Capet
(Cir 1010-1079)
Bernhard II of Saxony
(Cir 995-1059)
Elika von Schweinfurt
(Cir 1000-After 1055)
Robert I the Frisian of Flanders
(Between 1031-1093)
Gjertrud of Saxony
(Cir 1030-1113)
Edele of Flanders
(Cir 1065-1115)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Knud II Svendsson the Holy of Denmark

2. Roger Borsa of Apulia

Edele of Flanders 1 2 3

  • Born: Cir 1065
  • Marriage (1): Knud II Svendsson the Holy of Denmark after 1080
  • Marriage (2): Roger Borsa of Apulia in 1090 1
  • Died: 1115 aged 50

   Another name for Edele was Adela de Flandre.

  General Notes:

Edele [eller Adela] var datter til hertug Robert av Flandern, en av de mektigste fyrster i datidens vestlige Europa.


Edele was married again, with Roger I, count of Apuglien who died in 1109.


Edele married Knud II Svendsson the Holy of Denmark, son of Svend II Estridsson of Denmark and Unknown, after 1080. (Knud II Svendsson the Holy of Denmark was born circa 1043, died on 10 Jul 1086 in St. Alban's Church, Odense, Denmark and was buried in St. Alban's Church, Odense, Denmark.) The cause of his death was assassination.


Edele next married Roger Borsa of Apulia, son of Robert Guiscard of Apulia and Sikilgaita of Salerno, in 1090.1 (Roger Borsa of Apulia was born circa 1060 and died in 1109.)


Sources


1 Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/).

2 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Lars Hermanson (2000): Släkt, vänner och makt - En studie av elitens politiska kultur i 1100-talets Danmark, side 107. Erich Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen. Leipzig 1935. C.M. Munthe: Norske slegtsmerker, NST Bind I (1928), side 345. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 1176. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 37, 40.

3 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page