Adele of Valois (''Adèle/Adélaïde'') was a daughter of

Ralph IV of Valois Ralph IV (french: Raoul; born 1025, died 1074) was a northern French nobleman who amassed an extensive array of lordships lying in a crescent around the Île-de-France from the border of the Duchy of Normandy in the northwest to Champagne in the ...

and

Adele of Bar-sur-Aube Adele ( French: ''Adèle''; also Adela or Adélaïde/Aelis) (? — 1053) was a French noble lady and the countess ''suo jure'' of Bar-sur-Aube. Life Lady Adele was a daughter of the count Nocher III of Bar-sur-Aube and his wife, whose name rema ...

. She married firstly

Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois Herbert IV of Vermandois (1028–1080), Count of Vermandois, was the son of Otto of Vermandois and Parvie (Pavia or Patia). Family and children Herbert married Adele of Valois, daughter of Ralph IV of Valois and Adele of Bar-sur-Aube. They had: * A ...

and they had: #

Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 Sep 1120) was ''suo jure'' Countess of Vermandois and Valois from 1080 to 1120. Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and Adele of Valois. By 1080, Adelaide married Hugh, son of the Capeti ...

Odo I, Count of Vermandois Odo I (Eudes I), called “the Insane”, was Count of Vermandois and Valois from 1080 to 1085 and ruler of Saint-Simon from 1085. The last Carolingian male (from its branch Herbertines), he was the only son of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois an ...

She was also the second wife of

Theobald III, Count of Blois Theobald III of Blois (French: ''Thibaut'') (1012–1089) was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was captured in 1044 by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, and exchanged the county of Touraine for his freedom. Theobald used his nephew's involvement w ...

and they had: #Philip, who became

bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Odo Odo or ODO may refer to: People * Odo, a given name; includes a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Franklin Odo (born 1939), Japanese-American historian * Seikichi Odo (1927–2002), Japanese karateka * Yuya Odo (born 1990), J ...

, who inherited possessions in Champagne (Troyes). He died in 1093, leaving the possessions to his brother Hugh. #

Hugh Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

, who became the first to be called count of Champagne. #Hawise, also known as Hawise ''of Guingamp'', wife of

Stephen, Count of Tréguier Stephen of Penthièvre, Count of Tréguier, 3rd Lord of Richmond (1058/62 – 21 April 1136) was a Breton noble and a younger son of Odo, Count of Penthièvre and Agnes of Cornouaille, sister of Hoël II, Duke of Brittany. In 1093, he succeeded ...

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* * *{{cite book , last=Morin, first=Stéphane , year=2010, title=Trégor, Goëlo, Penthièvre. Le pouvoir des Comtes de Bretagne du XIIe au XIIIe siècle, publisher=Presses Universitaires de Rennes Medieval French nobility 11th-century French people 11th-century French women