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Adelaide of Aquitaine

Adelaide of Aquitaine

950 –June 15, 1004

Embroiderer

Lived 54 years

Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004), was the queen of France by marriage to King Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 14 October 996). Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France, which ruled France until the 18th and 19th centuries. As queen, Adelaide had some extent of influence over her husband's governance of France. Adelaide is typically only briefly mentioned in connection to her husband, Hugh, and her son Robert II.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine