Saint Adela of Austrasia:

36th great-grandmother

Daughter of Saint Dagobert II, King of the Franks, and the Anglo-Saxon princess Matilda. Sister of Saint Irmina. Grand-daughter of Saint Sigebert, king of Austrasia. Princess. Married to a nobleman, Alberic. Mother of one son. Widowed. Her wealth, position, and beauty brought her many suitors, but she became a nun. Founded the convent of Palatiolum of Pfalsel near Trier in 690, when her husband died. Abbess.



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