Countess suo jure of Burgundy from 1248 to 1279
Adelaide of Merania (Adélaïde or Alice , Alix – died 8 March 1279, Évian ) was reigning Countess of Burgundy from 1248 until her death. She was also Countess of Savoy and Bresse through her marriage in 1267 to Count Philip I of Savoy .
Life
Adelaide was the daughter of Duke Otto I of Merania and Countess Beatrice II of Burgundy .[ 1] Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy , in 1248. As countess, she came into conflict with King Rudolph I .
Adelaide died in 1279 and was buried in Cherlieu Abbey near Besançon .
Family
Adelaide married Hugh, Count of Salins (died 1266), from a younger branch of male-line dynasty of Ivrean-originated Counts of Burgundy, around 1239. They had, among others, the following children:
1. Otto IV, Count of Burgundy [ 1] in 1271 to 1. Philippa of Bar
in 1285 to 2. Mahaut of Artois
2. Reginald , Count of Montbéliard (died 1322)[ 2]
3. John[ 2]
4. Guia of Burgundy (died 1316), married in 1274 to Thomas III of Savoy ,[ 2] County of Savoy and son of Thomas II of Savoy , thus a nephew of her second husband.
5. Hugh (died 1312)[ 2]
6. Police (Hippolyta), married to Aymer IV, Count of Valence (1277–1330)[ 2]
7. Elizabeth (d. 1275), married in 1250 to Hartman the Young, Count of Kyburg (d. 1263)[ 2] Anne, married in 1273 to Eberhard of Habsburg-Laufenburg On 11 June 1267, Adelaide married Philip ,[ 2] archbishop of Lyon who inherited the County of Savoy in the following year (died 1285). The marriage remained childless.
References
^ a b Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer, Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide , (ABC-CLIO, 1999), 19.
^ a b c d e f g Eugene L. Cox, The Eagles of Savoy , (Princeton University Press, 1974), 463.
