Adèle of Dreux

Coat-of-arms of Dreux.

Adèle of Dreux (1145 - aft. 1210) was a member of Norman French nobility, daughter of Robert I, Count of Dreux and his second wife Hawise of Salisbury.[1]

She married Valéran III, Count of Breteuil on 24 June 1156, and had the following issue:

* Adèle (d. 1195), married Raoul le Roux.
* Amicia (1160–1226), married Baldwin de Yerres, John Briard & Gauthier de Rinsel and had issue.
* Mahaut, married Simon of Clermont (d. 1187) and had issue.

After Valéran's death in 1162, she married secondly Guy II of Châtillon.[2] Her brother, Walter III of Châtillon, provided her dowry through the sale of Pierrefonds.[3] They had:

* Guy III (d. 1191)[2]
* Alix (d. 1193), married William de Garlande (d. 1216),[3] and had issue
* Walter III of Châtillon[2]
* Marie of Châtillon, first wife of Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, divorced 1190.[2] (2) Married Robert de Vieuxpont.[2](3) Married John III, count of Vendome.[2]

She married thirdly John I de Thorotte[4] and had:

* John (d. 1237), married Odette de Dampierre (d. 1212) and had issue.
* Joan
* Philip

Her final marriage was to Ralph, Count of Soissons,[5] with whom she had:

* Gertrude (d. 1220); married Matthew II of Montmorency, (d. 1230) and had issue.
* Eleanor, who married Stephen II of Sancerre (died 1252) (son of Stephen I of Sancerre) and had issue.

Adèle died after 1210.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Power 2004, p. 239.
2. ^ a b c d e f Pollock 2015, p. 184.
3. ^ a b Evergates 2007, p. 373.
4. ^ Richard 1992, p. xxviii.
5. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 92.

## Sources[edit]

* Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
* Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
* Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman frontier in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Cambridge University Press.
* Richard, Jean (1992). Lloyd, Simon (ed.). Saint Louis: Crusader King of France. Translated by Birrell, Jean. Cambridge University Press.