What is Adela of Champagne?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox royalty |consort= yes |succession= Queen consort of Franks | image = Adela Champagne.jpg | caption = | reign = 1164–1180 | coronation = 1164 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Louis VII of France]]<br>|18 October 1160|18 September 1180|end=d.}} | issue = [[Philip II of France]]<br>[[Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress|Agnes, Byzantine Empress]]<ref>Garland, Lynda. ''Byzantine empresses: women and power in Byzantium'', ''AD 527–1204''. London, Routledge, 1999.</ref> | house = [[House of Blois|Blois]] | titles = | father = [[Theobald II, Count of Champagne]] | mother = [[Matilda of Carinthia]] | birth_date = {{circa|1140}} | birth_place = [[Blois]], France | death_date = 4 June {{death year and age|1206|1140}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France }} '''Adela of Champagne''' ({{lang-fr|Adèle}}; c. 1140 – 4 June 1206; also known as '''Adelaide''' and '''Alix''') was [[Queen of France]] as the third wife of [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]]. She was the daughter of [[Theobald II, Count of Champagne]], and [[Matilda of Carinthia]]. She was named after her grandmother, [[Adela of Normandy]]. Louis and Adela married on 18 October 1160. They had two children. Their son was [[Philip II of France|Philip II]]. Philip was Louis's only son. Their daughter was the Byzantine empress [[Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress|Agnes]].<ref>[[Gislebert of Mons]]' ''Chronicon''</ref> When Adela's husband died in 1180, her son became king. In 1190, she acted as [[regent]] while Philip was away on the [[Third Crusade]]. Queen Adela died on 4 June 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. She was buried in the church of [[Pontigny Abbey]] near [[Auxerre]]. ==Family tree== <center>{{ahnentafel-compact5 |style=font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%; |border=1 |boxstyle=padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=