Adele of Valois
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Adele of Valois, of the Carolingian-descended counts of Valois and Vexin, married Herbert IV of Vermandois; their daughter was the last landed Carolingian heiress.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 23 Jul 2026 (Wikipedia/Complete Peerage/standard gateway pedigree)): ADELE (Adelaide) OF VALOIS, dau. of RALPH IV (Raoul III), Count of Valois and Vexin; wife of Herbert IV of Vermandois; mother of Adelaide (our line). Parents wired 15 Oct 2026: Raoul 'le Grand', Comte de Valois (I101175), and Adela (I101176) - Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names 'Symonem et filiam...Adala' as children of Count Raoul and his wife Adela, and Raoul's charter to Saint-Remy names 'Heribertum comitem' as his son-in-law. RING: she descends from Gauthier le Blanc (I101169), as does Waleran III of Meulan. Direct ancestress. Added 23 Jul 2026.