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- According to "Knuds-bogen" (Odense, 1986) "Edel" was a Countess from Flanders. Her father was Count Robert I of Flanders. She had claim to be a descendant of an Imperial Family (Kejserlig), as her mother's family were descendants of the Carolinian Royal Family. Adele was named after her father's mother, Adelissa - who was a daughter of King Robert I of the Franks.
After her husband Knud's murder in 1086 she moved back to Flanders to live with her son Karl. She lived there for 5 years until she married Roger Bursa de Hauteville, the Duke of Apulia, circa 1091-92, who was a son of Robert Guiscard, and with him she had 3 sons. One of the, Vilhelm, succeeded his father as duke in 1111. Adele died in 1115, it is not known exactly how old she was.
(Sources: "O.H. Toftegaards samling"; "Dahl & Engelstoft: Dansk Biografisk H?ndleksikon", 1920-26.)
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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