About Adelaide of Guelders
Lived 1182 – 1218 (aged 35–36). Adelaide of Guelders was a sovereign.
Adelaide of Guelders (Dutch: Aleid, – 1218) was the daughter of Count Otto I of Guelders and his wife, Richardis. Also known as Adelaide of Bellich or Alice of Guelders.
Probably around 1198, in Stavoren, she married Count William I of Holland. They had five children: Floris IV (24 June 1210 in The Hague–19 July 1234 in Corbie, France), succeeded his father as Count of Holland Otto (d. 1249), Regent of Holland in 1238–1239, Bishop of Utrecht William (d. 1238), Regent of Holland in 1234–1238. Richarda (d. 1262) Ada (d. 1258), Abbess at Rijnsburg from 1239 until her death
Adelaide died in 1218, while her husband was away on the Fifth Crusade. She was buried in Rijnsburg Abbey.
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Who was Adelaide of Guelders?
Countess consort of Holland
When was Adelaide of Guelders born?
Adelaide of Guelders was born in 1182.
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Adelaide of Guelders died in 1218.
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Adelaide of Guelders was a sovereign.
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