Adelidis (Alice) of England (Adela of Normandy, Adeliza) 
Adelidis, known as Alice, was born in 1062.1 Alice's father was William (The Conqueror) de Normandie and her mother was Matilda (Maud) of Flanders. Her paternal grandparents were Robert (The Magnificent) Normandy II and Heleve Arlette de Falaise; her maternal grandparents were Baldwin of Flanders V and Princess Adelais Capet of France. She had four brothers and five sisters, named Curthose, Rufus, Richard, Beauclerc, Gundrella, Cecilia, Agatha, Constance and Matilda. She had a half-sister named Gundrada. She died at the age of 74 on March 8th, 1136 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France.2 General Notes
She was a daughter of William the Conqueror and the mother of both Stephen, King of England and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester. Her birthdate is generally believed to have been between 1060 and 1064; however, there is some evidence she was born after her father's accession to the English throne in 1066. Adela was regent for her husband during his extended absence as a leader of the First Crusade (1095-1098), and it was at least in part at her urging that he returned to the east to fulfill his vow of seeing Jerusalem. She was again regent in 1101, continuing after her husband's death on this second crusading expedition in 1102, for their children were still minors. (Wikipedia)
She was by marriage countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux. She was a daughter of William the Conqueror and the mother of both Stephen, King of England and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester.
Her birthdate is generally believed to have been between 1060 and 1064; however, there is some evidence she was born after her father's accession to the English throne in 1066. She was the favorite sister of King Henry I of England; they were probably the youngest of the Conqueror's children. She was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of Latin.
She married Stephen Henry, son and heir to the count of Blois, sometime between 1080 and 1084, probably in 1083. Stephen inherited Blois, Chartres and Meaux in 1089, making him one of the wealthiest men of his day. He was a proud and self-indulgent man, who had no intention of taking the cross until Adela insisted upon it. Stephen reluctantly left to join the First Crusade, along with his brother-in-law Robert Curthose.
Adela was regent for her husband during his extended absence as a leader of the First Crusade (1095-1098), and when he returned in disgrace it was at least in part at her urging that he returned to the east to fulfill his vow of seeing Jerusalem. She was again regent in 1101, continuing after her husband's death on this second crusading expedition in 1102, for their children were still minors. Orderic Vitalis praises her as a "wise and spirited woman" who ably governed her husband's estates in his absences and after his death.
She employed tutors to educate her elder sons, and had her youngest son Henry pledged to the Church at Cluny. Adela quarrelled with her eldest son Guillaume, "deficient in intelligence as well as degenerate", and had his younger brother Theobald replace him as heir. Her son Stephen left Blois in 1111 to join his uncle's court in England.
Adela retired to Marcigny in 1120, secure in the status of her children. Later that same year, her daughter Lucia-Mahaut was drowned in the wreck of the White Ship alongside her husband. She lived long enough to see her son Stephen seize the English throne, but died soon after.
(Wikipedia)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0900 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in Picardy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.0911 in Bretagne
- b.0958 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France
- b.0921 in Crepon, Normandy, France d.1002 in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0945 in Normandie d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden d.1002
- b.1003 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0910 d.0970
- b.0927 in Bretagne, France d.27 Jun 0992 in Conquereuil, Bretagne, France
- b.0925 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.0956 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.11 Nov 0938 in Anjou, France d.21 Jul 0987
- b.0952 in Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992 in Penthiève, Bretagne, France
- b.0930 in Vermandois, Neustria d.08 Apr 0976
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.0930 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0985 in Fyrisval, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.0960 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.0985
- b.0947 in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.0978 in Falaise, Normandie d.1033 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.0961 in Halland, Sweden
- b.1003 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.0930 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland d.0995 in Finela's Castle, Fettercain, Dál Riata, Scotland
- b.0954 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.0930 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
- b.0982 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.0942 in Scotland
- b.0962 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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- b.1062 d.08 Mar 1136 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
- b.0933 in Flanders d.01 Nov 0962
- b.Dec 0961 in Flanders, France d.30 Mar 0987 in Chapel de St. Laurent, France
- b.0937 in Luneburg, Saxony, Germany d.25 May 1008
- b.0980
- b.0900 in Bamberg, Germany d.06 Aug 0966 in Bamberg, Germany
- b.0952 in Luxembourg d.26 Jan 1002 in Gent, Flanders, France
- b.0924 in Tuscany, Italy d.0936 in Bamburg, Germany
- b.1012
- b.0922 in Luxembourg d.15 Aug 0998
- b.0965 in Moselgau, France d.06 Oct 1009
- b.0934 d.13 Dec 0992
- b.0995 in Flanders, Belgium d.21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0925 d.0992
- b.0948 in Gleiberg, Germany
- b.0948 in Gleiberg, Germany
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0895 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France d.16 Jun 0956 in Deurdan, Dourdan, France
- b.0938 d.24 Aug 0996 in Paris, France
- b.0910 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Germany d.14 Mar 0964 in Aix-le-Chappelle, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in France
- b.0952 in France d.1004 in France
- b.1003 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monasteraere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0947 in Poitiers, Aquitaine d.Sep 1037
- b.0974 d.1032
- b.0872 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
- b.0917 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.14 Oct 0962
- b.0872 in Evreux, Neustria
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Details of Alice's family with Count Stephen (The Sage) Henry of Blois II
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I5648
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I16905&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9846&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I00957
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I16905&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9846&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I00957
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