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Also known as Adela, Adèle, Adele, Adela of Normandy

Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.

Key facts

Noble.name
Adela of Normandy
Noble.noble family
House of Normandy
Noble.father
Rollo of Normandy
Noble.mother
Poppa of Bayeux
Noble.spouse
William Towhead
Noble.birth_date
912
Noble.birth_name
Gerloc
Noble.issue
William IV, Duke of AquitaineAdelaide of Aquitaine

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Instance of
human
Given name
Adèle
Gender
female
Place of birth
Rouen
Father
Rollo
Occupation
feudatory
Noble title
duchess
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date of death
0962-00-00
date of birth
0912-00-00
different from
Adela of Normandy
birth name
Geirlaug
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Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.

In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962: William IV of Aquitaine Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerloc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.