AO

Adelaide of Maurienne

d. 1154

Vitals

Died
1154

Family

Parents
HI
Humbert II Count of Savoy
d. 1103
GO
Gisela of Burgundy
Siblings
AI
Amadeus III Count of Savoy
d. 1148
Spouse
LV
Louis VI the Fat
d. 1137
Children
LV
Louis VII of France
d. 1180
PI
Peter I de Courtenay
d. 1183

About

Adelaide of Maurienne was one of the most politically active queens of medieval France, her name appearing on royal charters beside her husband's.

Research notes

*** UPDATE - READ FIRST (15 Sep 2026): the ascent described below as a floor / end of line / note-only HAS SINCE BEEN WIRED - parents (or father) are now in the tree; see the dated layer at the END of this note for the sources, grades and any loops closed. The opening text is kept as audit trail. *** ADELAIDE of MAURIENNE (c.1092-1154), queen of Louis VI; mother of Louis VII (our line). Opens the house of SAVOY (her father Humbert II), note-only. Standard well-documented medieval royal genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened. || PARENTS WIRED 14 Sep 2026 - SIBLING LOOP: her father HUMBERT II of Savoy and brother AMADEUS III were ALREADY IN THE TREE (I100435/F100086) - Adelaide simply joins her own birth family; mother GISELA OF BURGUNDY, dau. of Count William I of Burgundy (ES), added as the family's wife - mother of both. The tree now reaches Louis VII by two Savoy children.

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