Life and Legacy of Adelaide of Flanders, Countess of Flanders, Princess of Denmark, Titular Queen of Denmark, and Queen of England(1128-1204)

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On 1128, Margaret of Clermont would give birth to a daughter named Adelaide of Flanders, her daughter with Charles I of Flanders, she is a granddaughter of Canute IV and a claimant to Denmark and Flanders, she is an attractive heiress and she would rival Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Queen of France in her popularity as a bride, she would be born in the court of French and she would be recognized as the heiress of the County of Flanders with the support of the French King, Louis VI.

She is also a granddaughter of Saint Canute of Denmark and niece of William II of Apulia, she has a great heritage behind her and her mother had a dream before her birth that she would be a great woman in the future.

 

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Adelaide and her mother in 1141, would resist the suitors that wanted her and for her claims including of that of the County of Hainault who wanted to unite the succession with his son, she had better ambitions, and she wanted a groom who is worthy of her heritage both as Countess of Flanders and as the rightful Queen of Denmark.

On 1146, she would enter a marriage with the son of the Dowager Empress Matilda and Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, Henry of Anjou, the marriage would be tolerated by Louis VII since both him and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine did not see anything wrong about this marriage at that time.

Adelaide, Countess of Flanders is pretty compared to Eleanor of Aquitaine and she would have fairer features than Eleanor that Henry had completely changed his mind about Eleanor of Aquitaine completely and did not want to marry her anymore after he met her.

Children of Adelaide of Flanders and Henry of Anjou

Margaret1148

Ingeborg 1151

Henry b. 1155

Matilda (1156)

Richard (1157)

Geoffroy (1158)

Adelaide (1160)

Joanna (1164)

John (1166)

 

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Adelaide, Countess of Flanders would witness the birth of twin children to Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1150 who are baptized Eleanor and Philip in 1150 and the death of Eleanor of Aquitaine due to puerperal fever and she was a witness of the marriage between Marie of England and Louis VII, which means that she would need to have a strategy to win against the Capets and the Blesvins and gain England, however Marie would have a single daughter with Louis VII named Ida of France in 1153 before she would die and her husband remarry to Constance of Castile in 1154, Adelaide would share to her husband what she had learned in the French court and she would tell what has happened to Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Adelaide would see that Louis would send regents with his son in Aquitaine until he reached the age of majority and she would interested in the developments in the French court as it would help her husband take the crown of England.

 

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On 1154, Adelaide, Countess of Flanders with her two daughters Margaret(1148) and Ingeborg(1151) would arrive in England after the victory, they had a stillborn son in 1153 but she is still positive that she will give birth to the son needed by her husband and she would as she would give birth to a son named Henry in 1155, after her son’s Henry’s birth and she would try to convince her husband to claim Denmark for her but he said that would wait as they would want to secure French support against their enemies, in this point she started to style herself as Queen regnant of Denmark inspired by her mother in law, Matilda.

Henry II and Adelaide, Countess of Flanders are crowned as King and Queen of England uniting the County of Flanders and the Counties of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine with England and Normandy as part of the Continental Possessions of the English King which would alert the French King, Louis VII but it would help his son switch the Focus southwards.

On 1155, a marrriage between Geoffrey, the younger brother of Henry II of England with Marie of France is made with the granting of the county of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine to Geoffrey which would establish relationship between France and the Plantagnets in the North via Marie of France.

 

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On 1128, Margaret of Clermont would give birth to a daughter named Adelaide of Flanders, her daughter with Charles I of Flanders, she is a granddaughter of Canute IV and a claimant to Denmark and Flanders, she is an attractive heiress and she would rival Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Queen of France in her popularity as a bride, as she was born in secret the county of Flanders would be ruled by William Curthose until his death and on his death, Margaret of Clermont would appear with her daughter, Adelaide of Flanders and Margaret of Clermont would claim Flanders for her daughter, Adelaide.

She is also a granddaughter of Saint Canute of Denmark and niece of William II of Apulia, she has a great heritage behind her and her mother had a dream before her birth that she would be a great woman in the future.

Just wondering how she was able to claim Flanders when you had other claimants like Thierry of Alsace who’s claim led to the death of William Clito, while having the support of Pairs of Flanders like the lords or Dendermonde and Aalst and King Henry of England.
Or Baldwin of Hainaut or even William of Ypres who had the support of dowager countess Clementia

 

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Just wondering how she was able to claim Flanders when you had other claimants like Thierry of Alsace who’s claim led to the death of William Clito, while having the support of Pairs of Flanders like the lords or Dendermonde and Aalst and King Henry of England.
Or Baldwin of Hainaut or even William of Ypres who had the support of dowager countess Clementia

I edited it as she is recognized as the heiress to Flanders, I think Clito being given the County of Flanders and her as a female claimant would be unfeasible and I think it is better if she had it from the start.

She is a better version of Laurette of Flanders, basically Laurette of Flanders with a different father.