ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Adeliza of Louvain
1103 - 1151

Adeliza of Louvain
  • Born 1103
  • Died Mon, 2 April 1151
  • Affligem Abbey, Affligem
  • Buried
  • Reading Abbey, Reading
Details

    Consort: Mon, 24 January 1121 - Sun, 1 September 1135
    Wife of Henry I

  • Queen Consort
  • Adeliza
  • Lived 47 years, 9 months, 1 day

Henry was some 35 years older than his bride, who was about 18 when they married. Adeliza was renowned for her beauty, reflected in the epithet the fair maiden of Brabant

Family

Husband

Henry I
  • Henry I
  • 1068 - 1135
  • Married Monday, 24 January 1121
  • at Windsor Castle, Windsor
  • Windsor Castle, Windsor
  • Groom was 52 Bride was 17
  • Marriage lasted 14 years, 10 months, 7 days
  • Ended on death of Husband