General Notes

Louis II, "the Stammerer", King of the Franks and Emperor; m. (3), 868/70 Adelaide (or Aelis) of Paris, d. c 10 Nov 901, probably (not proven) daughter of Bego, Count of Paris (d. 861) (Brandenburg), or daughter of Count Girard (Saillot, "Sang de Charlemagne 201).  [Ancestral Roots, line 143-16]

The other reference in AR (148-16) states that Adelaide is 2nd wife.  Who knows?

The parents of Adelaide are not proven.  The way that I have it is one of the "prevalent" ancestries for Adeliade.  Others exist, as indicated in the two postings to soc.genealogy.medieval by Todd Farmerie (whom I have great respect for), which I have copied below:

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From: Todd A. Farmerie (taf2@@po.cwru.edu)
Subject: Re: Adelaide of Paris
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2000/02/15

l.akershoek@@hccnet.nl wrote:

> Please, can someone inform me who is the real father (and ancestors) of
> Adelaide of Paris, as I have two names (see numbers 6, below).
>
> 1 CHARLES III of France, married (2) EADGYFU VAN WESSEX,
> 2 LOUIS II DER FRANKEN, born in 844 or (November 1, 846 ?),
>     Louis was married before (in 862) to ANSGARDE of
>     BOURGONDY, born in the year 840. He married (3) to his
>     great-aunt EMMA von Altdorf, who died January 31, 876,
>     d/o WELF III and EDITH. LOUIS married (2) in February 868
> 3 ADELAIDE de PARIS, born ca 855, died in Compiegne (Fr) on
>     November 14, 901.
>
> Here I must be wrong. So please help me correct. If ADELAIDE of Paris died
> in 901, how could LOUIS marry EMMA, who died in 876.

This confuses two Louis, uncle and nephew.  Louis II of France, husband of Adelaide, was married only twice, to Ansgarde and Adelaide.  Louis II of Germany, son of Louis the Pious, married Emma, who was daughter of Welf (but his wife's name was not Edith).

> 6 GERARD II de PARIS, born 830, died in the year 870.
> 7 EVA BERTHE d' AUXERRE, born in the year 830, died before.
>
> OR?:
> 6 BEGGO II de PARIS, s/o EBERHARD de Paris
> 7 NN
>
> Who can tell me how this ahnentafel (and dates) shoud be?
> Thank you for your cooperation and help.

Adelaide's parentage is subject to much debate.  Most agree she was of Carolingian descent, and IIRC, a couple of brothers are well attested.  Likewise, there seems to be agreement that she descended from Bego I, but the intervening generations are guesswork, and the two versions you have are two of the guesses I have seen.

taf

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From: Todd A. Farmerie (farmerie@@interfold.com)
Subject: Re: Adelaide de Palatine & Adelaide de Paris
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2001-11-11 21:17:05 PST

Alineb45@@aol.com wrote:
>
> For some strange reason I have Adelaide de Palatine b.abt 855 d. abt 901
> daughter of Adalhard de Palatine & ?? married to Louis II de France.
> I also have Adelaide (Aelis) de Paris b. abt 855 d. abt 901 daughter of
> Gerald II de Paris & Eve d'Auxerre who is not married to anyone!
> But what I am finding on other web based data bases is that Adelaide de Paris
> is married to Louis II de France.
>
> Now which one is the correct one?

It is all speculation.  There is no source that directly attests to the names of her parents, so there is no right answer (although there are wrong ones).

taf