Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy


Adelaide of Merania was Countess of Burgundy from 1248 until her death. She was also Countess of Savoy and Bresse through her marriage in 1267 to Philip I, Count of Savoy.

Life

Adelaide was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy. She inherited the County after the death of her brother, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy, in 1248. As countess, she came into conflict with King Rudolph I.
Adelaide died in 1279 and was buried in Cherlieu Abbey near Besançon.

Family

Adelaide married Hugh, Count of Salins, from a younger branch of male-line dynasty of Ivrean-originated Counts of Burgundy, around 1239. They had, among others, the following children:
On 11 June 1267, Adelaide married Philip, a past Archbishop of Lyon who became Count of Savoy in the following year. The marriage remained childless.