CHAIN IS NOT INCLUDED Available in Solid 10K &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver Size Reference: 17mm is the size of a US dime 19mm is the size of a US nickel 25mm is the size of a US quarter Adle was the second daughter of Robert II (the Pious), and Constance of Arles.In January 1027 she married Richard III, Duke of Normandy. The marriage was short-lived for on 6 August of that same year Richard III suddenly died.[2] Adela then married Baldwin V, Count of Flanders in 1028. Adles influence lay mainly through her family connections. On the death of her brother, Henry I of France, the guardianship of his seven-year-old son Philip I fell jointly on his widow, Ann of Kiev, and on his brother-in-law, Adelas husband, so that from 1060 to 1067, they were Regents of France. In 1071, Adelas third son, Robert the Frisian, planned to invade Flanders even though at that time the Count of Flanders was Adelas grandson, Arnulf III. When she heard about Roberts plans, she asked Philip I to stop him. Philip sent soldiers to support Arnulf including a contingent of ten Norman knights led by William FitzOsborn. Roberts forces attacked Arnulfs numerically superior army at Cassel before it could organize, and Arnulf was killed along with William FitzOsborn. Roberts overwhelming victory led to Philip making peace with Robert and investing him as Count of Flanders. A year later, Philip married Roberts stepdaughter, Bertha of Holland, and in 1074, Philip restored the seigneurie of Corbie to the crown. Adle had a strong interest in Baldwin Vs church reforms and was behind her husbands founding of several collegiate churches. Directly or indirectly, she was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire (1049), Lille (1050) and Harelbeke (1064) as well as the abbeys of Messines (1057) and Ename (1063). After Baldwins death in 1067, she went to Rome, took the nuns veil from
