Adelaide of Auxerre (1251–1290) was ruling Countess of Auxerre in 1262-1290.
[Alice Saunier-Seïté, Les Courtenay. Destin d'une illustre famille bourguignonne, éditions France-Empire, 1998 (ISBN 2-7048-0845-7)]
She was a daughter of
Eudes of Burgundy and
Mathildis II of Bourbon. In 1262 she succeeded her mother as
Countess of Auxerre. In 1268 she married
John I of Chalon, Lord of
Rochefort
Rochefort () may refer to:
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* Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard
* Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department
* Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...
, son of
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
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New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
– they had one child,
William
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(died 1304). After her husband's death she married an
Arab
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Muslim man.
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1251 births
1290 deaths
French countesses
House of Burgundy
French suo jure nobility
Chalon-Arlay
13th-century women rulers
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