Adela (Merovingian) Austrasia (abt. 630)

Ancestors

Note

No contemporary source supports the existence of Regintrudis, Irmina or Adela. They're probably fictional daughters of Dagobert I, King of the Franks: Austrasia, and his second wife, Nantechildis UNKNOWN. (Cawley, 2006)link

Legend

Dagobert acceded to the throne of Austrasia at the age of seven, upon the death of Sigebert III, but was quickly deposed. Dagobert fled to Ireland and returned to Metz in 673 and claimed the throne. During exile, he married an Anglo-Saxon princess named Matilda and had five children, with saints Adela and Irmina among them.^[1]

Both women were engaged to marriage to noblemen, but both became widows.

Adela was married and had a child by her husband, Alberic. Alberic died within a few years of the marriage. Despite multiple marriage offers, she chose to take up holy orders as well. She founded the convent of Palatiolum in lands that were then undeveloped outside of Trier. The site later developed into the town of Pfalzel. She was the first abbess of this convent and died on December 24, 735.[1]

Sources

1. ↑ According to the 8th century Vita Sancti Wilfrithi ("Life of St. Wilfrid"), and also mentioned in one of the versions of the Vita Sancti Arbogasti by Utho Argentinensis.

• See fictional daughters -- Irmina, Adela, and Regitrudis -- of Dagobert and Nantechildis.
• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.