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Northern Italian noblewoman
Adela of Milan
(c. 975 ? after 1012) was a northern Italian noblewoman. Through her marriage to
Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan
, Adela was Margravine of Milan.
Life
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Adela's parents and dynasty are unknown, although it has been suggested that she was related to Lanfranc, Count of Piacenza and of Aucia (a medieval county which consisted of territory between Parma, Piacenza and Cremona).
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Adela first appears in the historical record in 1011, when she purchased goods from a deacon named Donninus.
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The following year, Adela bought 250
yokes
of land from Donninus. Also in 1012 Adela granted 290 yokes of land to the church of Cremona, with the consent of her husband, and Count Lanfranc.
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These transactions may have been intended to protect their property from confiscation: Adela's husband Adalbert Azzo supported
Arduin of Ivrea
against the
Emperor Henry II
in the war for the
Italian throne
.
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Marriage and children
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With her husband, Adalbert Azzo, Adela had at least two children:
Notes
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- ^
Chiappini,
Gli Estensi
, Table II.
- ^
Astegiano,
Codice diplomatico
, I, no. 15 (1011).
- ^
Falconi,
Le carte cremonesi
, no. 123 (1012).
- ^
Brunhofer,
Arduin von Ivrea
, p. 212.
- ^
Thiele,
Erzahlende genealogische Stammtafeln
, table 152.
- ^
Brunhofer,
Arduin von Ivrea
, p. 212.
References
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- U. Brunhofer,
Arduin von Ivrea. Untersuchungen zum letzten italienischen Konigtum des Mittelalters
(Augsburg, 1999).
- A. Thiele,
Erzahlende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europaischen Geschichte Band III Europaische Kaiser-, Konigs- und Furstenhauser
(R.G. Fischer Verlag, 1994).
- Luciano Chiappini,
Gli Estensi
(Varese, 1988).
- E. Falconi,
Le carte cremonesi dei secoli VIII-XII
(Cremona, 1979), vol. 1.
- Astegiano,
Codice diplomatico cremonense
2 vols. (Turin, 1895?1898),
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