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and read Latin, which she taught to her children. It is evident that she was an active political partner of her spouse. Half of the charters issued by him are co-signed by her (often with the title "Sister to the King of France"), which was far from a given thing for a consort. She was particularly active within church reform, such as enforcing the
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Adela managed to gain influence in the policy of Flanders, through her family connections, and was described as very proud of her rank, a pride she passed on to her children. She had been given a higher education than normal for a woman by monks from the St Peter's convent in Ghent and could speak
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Adela had a strong interest in Baldwin V's church reforms and was behind her husband's founding of several
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to stop him. Philip sent soldiers to support Arnulf including a contingent of ten Norman knights led by
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After Baldwin's death in 1067, she went to Rome, took the nun's veil from the hands of
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Adela died in the convent of Messines and was buried at the convent. Honoured as a
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(2007). 379:Other forms of her name are 309:Baldwin V, Count of Flanders 268:In 1071, Adela's third son, 108:Baldwin V, Count of Flanders 699:Roman Catholic royal saints 584:Duchess consort of Normandy 353:Robert I, Count of Flanders 234:fell jointly on his widow, 128:Robert I, Count of Flanders 725: 659:11th-century French people 261:convent of Messines, near 178:; (1009 – 8 January 1079, 26: 664:11th-century Norman women 654:11th-century French women 617: 608: 600: 590: 581: 573: 546: 347:William, Duke of Normandy 150:Robert II, King of France 124:Matilda, Queen of England 53: 44: 709:Remarried royal consorts 307:Adela married, in 1028, 27:Not to be confused with 674:Countesses of Flanders 421:"Adela van Vlaanderen" 206:. 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Index

Adèle of France
Adela of Flanders
Countess of Flanders

Messines
Richard III, Duke of Normandy
Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
Issue
Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
Matilda, Queen of England
Robert I, Count of Flanders
House
Capet
Robert II, King of France
Constance of Arles
Messines
Duchess of Normandy
Countess of Flanders
Robert II of France
Constance of Arles
Baldwin V of Flanders
clerical celibacy
Henry I
Philip I
Anne of Kiev
collegiate churches
Pope Alexander II
Benedictine
Ypres
Robert the Frisian

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