Adelaide of Leuven (died ) was the wife of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (1076–1138), in what is now

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. She was the daughter of

Henry III of Leuven Henry III of Louvain (German: ''Heinrich'', Dutch: ''Hendrik'', French: ''Henri''; died 1095), was Count of Louvain (Leuven) and Landgrave of Brabant, son of Henry II, Count of Louvain, Henry II (c. 1020–1078), Count of Louvain and count of Bru ...

and his wife Gertrude of Flanders. After the death of her husband, Adelaide retired to Tart Abbey. The children of Simon I and Adelaide included: * Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine *Robert, Lord of Floranges * Agatha of Lorraine, wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy *Hedwige, wife of Frederick III, count of

Toul Toul () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, Fra ...

*Bertha, wife of

Margrave Margrave was originally the Middle Ages, medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or a monarchy, kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain Feudal ...

Hermann III of Baden *Mathilde, wife of Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim *Baldwin *John When her husband died in 1138, Adelaide went to the Cistercian house of Tart. Later on, in 1148, Adelaide founded the abbey of Etanche in the diocese of Toul. She was also in correspondence with

Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians, O.Cist. (; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, Mysticism, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercia ...

, according to several letters written between the two.

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