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Source: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (940-1026), Wikipedia.org

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Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (c. 940 –1026) was, by her successive marriages, countess of Gévaudan and Forez, of Toulouse, of Provence, and of Burgundy, and queen of Aquitaine. She was the daughter of Fulk II, Count of Anjou, and Gerberga. Her first marriage was to Stephen, the powerful Count of Gévaudan. Adelaide, acting for her sons Guy and Bertrand, led an army to aid him in establishing the "Peace of God" in le Puy. In 982, as the widow of her second husband, Raymond, count of Toulouse, she wed Louis, son of King Lothair of France. Adelaide found herself in a precarious situation with King Lothair but was rescued by Count William I of Provence whom she subsequently married in c. 984. It has been suggested that she married a fifth time, to Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, whose second wife was named Adelaide. However, it is disputed whether his wife Adelaide was the same as Adelaide-Blanche. Adelaide-Blanche died in 1026, aged approximately eighty-six. She was buried in Montmajour Abbey, near Arles, considered at the time as the burial place of the family of counts of Provence. Countess of Gévaudan bef. 960–975 Countess of Toulouse 975–978 Queen of Aquitaine, junior Queen of the West Franks 982–984 Countess and Margravine of Provence (984–993) Countess of Burgundy 1016–1026

Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (c. 940 –1026) was, by her successive marriages, countess of Gévaudan and Forez, of Toulouse, of Provence, and of Burgundy, and queen of Aquitaine. She was the daughter of Fulk II, Count of Anjou, and Gerberga. Her first marriage was to Stephen, the powerful Count of Gévaudan. Adelaide, acting for her sons Guy and Bertrand, led an army to aid him in establishing the "Peace of God" in le Puy. In 982, as the widow of her second husband, Raymond, count of Toulouse, she wed Louis, son of King Lothair of France. Adelaide found herself in a precarious situation with King Lothair but was rescued by Count William I of Provence whom she subsequently married in c. 984. It has been suggested that she married a fifth time, to Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, whose second wife was named Adelaide. However, it is disputed whether his wife Adelaide was the same as Adelaide-Blanche. Adelaide-Blanche died in 1026, aged approximately eighty-six. She was buried in Montmajour Abbey, near Arles, considered at the time as the burial place of the family of counts of Provence.
Countess of Gévaudan bef. 960–975
Countess of Toulouse 975–978
Queen of Aquitaine, junior Queen of the West Franks 982–984
Countess and Margravine of Provence (984–993)
Countess of Burgundy 1016–1026