10th-century empress of the Holy Roman Empire and saint of the Catholic Church
"Saint Adelaide" redirects here. For another Saint Adelaide, see Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich.
Saint
St. Adelaide of Italy
Holy Roman Empress
Born
931 Orbe, Upper Burgundy
Died
16 December 999 (aged 68) Seltz, Alsace
Venerated in
Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized
1097 by Pope Urban II[1] (Catholicism)
Feast
16 December
Attributes
Empress dispensing alms and food to the poor, often beside a ship
Patronage
Abuse victims; brides; empresses; exiles; in-law problems; parenthood; parents of large families; princesses; prisoners; second marriages; step-parents; widows
Adelaide of Italy (German: Adelheid; 931 – 16 December 999 AD), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great.[2] She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the first empress designated consors regni, denoting a "co-bearer of royalty" who shared power with her husband. She was essential as a model for future consorts regarding both status and political influence.[3][4] She was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991–995.[2]
^Vauchez 1990, p. 322.
^ abCampbell 1907.
^Wilson 2016, p. PR17.
^Gaude-Ferragu, Murielle (31 August 2016). Queenship in Medieval France, 1300-1500. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-349-93028-9. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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