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.
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