Adelaide of Rheinfelden

Adelaide of Rheinfelden (or Adelaide of Swabia) (1060s – May 1090), was Queen of Hungary by marriage to King Ladislaus I.

Life Adelaide was born circa 1065 to Rudolf of Rheinfelden, duke of Swabia and German anti-king, and his second wife, Adelaide of Savoy.

Around 1077/8 Adelaide married Ladislaus I of Hungary, a member of the Árpád dynasty. Ladislaus agreed to support Rudolf in his struggle for the throne against Henry IV of Germany. In 1079 Adelaide's mother died, followed in 1080 by her father, who fell at the Battle of Elster. He also exhorted her to emulate the Virgin Mary.

Adelaide died in May 1090 and her husband outlived her by 5 years. She was buried in Veszprém Cathedral, Veszprém, Hungary, where her gravestone remains.

Issue Adelaide had two children: Piroska of Hungary (c. 1080 – August 13, 1134), wife of John II, emperor of the Byzantine Empire Unknown daughter, wife of Prince Yaroslav of Volhynia.