Adeliza or Adelida (died before 1113) was a daughter of William the Conqueror and his wife, Matilda of Flanders. There is considerable uncertainty about her life, including her dates of birth and death. She was usually the first daughter in lists of William's children, for example in a mortuary roll prepared at her sister's religious house, and thus probably was the eldest. Her inclusion in the mortuary roll indicates that her death preceded the date of its 1113 compilation.
Biography
In the additions Orderic Vitalis made to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes), he states that prior to his death at the Battle of Hastings, Harold Godwinson was betrothed to "Adelidis", a daughter of William, and that she remained single after his death. Calling her "Adelida", Robert of Torigni follows Orderic in showing her as the affianced of Harold.
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|1=1. Adeliza of Normandy
|2=2. William I of England
|3=3. Matilda of Flanders
|4=4. Robert I, Duke of Normandy
|5=5. Herleva of Falaise
|6=6. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
|7=7. Adela of France
|8=8. Richard II, Duke of Normandy
|9=9. Judith of Brittany
|10=10. Fulbert of Falaise
|11=11. Doda or Duxia?
|12=12. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
|13=13. Ogive of Luxembourg
|14=14. Robert II of France
|15=15. Constance of Arles