Adela of Normandy | |
Noble Family: | House of Normandy |
Father: | Rollo of Normandy |
Mother: | Poppa of Bayeux |
Spouse: | William Towhead |
Birth Date: | 912 |
Birth Name: | Gerloc |
Issue: | William IV, Duke of Aquitaine Adelaide of Aquitaine |
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.[1] [2] 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: