Adela von Pfalzel

Former collegiate church of St. Maria and St. Martin in Pfalzel

Adela von Pfalzel , also Adolana or Adula , (* around 660, † around 735) was a daughter of the Seneschal and Count Palatine Hugobert and Irmina von Oeren and belongs to the Hugobertiner family . She was married to Odo, a vir illustrator .

Shortly after 700, Adela founded the Pfalzel monastery in the late Roman country estate known as Palatiolum , which she had acquired from her brother-in-law Pippin the Middle , and became its first abbess. In 721 Boniface visited Adela and her monastery. The Fulda Ragyndrudiskodex probably comes from Adela's sister Regentrud and thus came via Adela to Bonifatius and finally to Fulda.

In her will (732 or 733) she equips the Pfalzel monastery with goods on the Meuse and Moselle , in Gillgau and in Bidgau .

Adela and Odo had at least three children:

• Alberich († 714/721), the father of Bishop Gregory of Utrecht († 774)
• Gerelind von Pfalzel († after 699)
• Haderich († after 699)

literature

• Eduard Hlawitschka : The ancestors of Charlemagne. In: Wolfgang Braunfels (ed.): Karl der Große. Life's work and afterlife. Volume 1: Helmut Beumann (Ed.): Personality and History. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1965, pp. 51-82.
• Matthias Werner : Noble families around the early Carolingians. The relationship of Irminas von Oeren and Adelas von Pfalzel. Studies of the history of people on the early medieval ruling class in the Maas-Moselle area. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1982, ISBN 3-7995-6688-0 , pp. 15, 25–35, 65, 83, 99, 121, 129, 132, 175, 176–185, 188, 191–226, 233– 238, 241–247, 250–259, 262–270, 274, 280–283, 290–292, 294, 297–300, 304, 310, 316–325, 326–328 ( Konstanz Working Group for Medieval History. Lectures and Research. Special volume 28) ( PDF ).
• Dieter von der Nahmer : Adela von Pfalzel . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 143.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Adela. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 33-34.
• Franz Xaver Kraus :  Adula . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 50.
• Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Adela , In: “Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District” , Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 27.

Web links

• Entry on Adela von Pfalzel in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
• Adula von Pfalzel in the dictionary of saints
• Jennifer Striewski: Art. Adela von Pfalzel in the online portal Rheinische Geschichte , published on September 30, 2010
• "Adela" (GSN: 057-00012-001), In: Germania Sacra (accessed: February 18, 2020).