Adelaide of Leuven
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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
- Bertha, wife of Margrave 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.[1] Later on, in 1148, Adelaide founded the abbey of Etanche in the diocese of Toul.[1] She was also in correspondence with Bernard of Clairvaux, according to several letters written between the two.[2]
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