Adelaide of Susa: Difference between revisions

In 1069 Henry IV tried to repudiate Adelaide's daughter, Bertha,<ref>Previté-Orton, ''Early History'', pp. 232f; {{Cite journal|last=Creber|first=Alison|date=22 April 2019|title=Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Dissolving Royal and Noble Marriages in Eleventh-Century Germany|journal=German History|language=en|volume=37|issue=2|pages=149–171|doi=10.1093/gerhis/ghy108|issn=0266-3554|url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/files/99029335/Breaking_Up_Is_Hard_CREBER_Accepted28June2018_GREEN_AAM.pdf}}.</ref> causing Adelaide's relationship with the imperial family to cool. However, through Bertha's intervention, Henry received Adelaide's support when he came to Italy to submit to [[Pope Gregory VII]] and [[Matilda of Tuscany]] at [[Canossa]]. In return for allowing him to travel through her lands, Henry gave Adelaide [[Bugey]].<ref>Previté-Orton, ''Early History'', pp. 237f.</ref> Adelaide and her son Amadeus then accompanied Henry IV and Bertha to Canossa, where Adelaide acted as mediator, alongside Matilda and [[Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan]], among others.<ref>[https://storicamente.org/creber-women-canossa Creber, ‘Women at Canossa']; Hellmann, ''Grafen'', pp. 24f</ref> Bishop [[Benzo of Alba]] sent several letters to Adelaide between 1080 and 1082 encouraging her to support Henry IV in the Italian wars which formed part of the [[Investiture Controversy]].<ref name="epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu">For English translations of these letters, see [http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/woman/105.html Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220213949/https://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/woman/105.html |date=20 December 2016 }}. For discussion, see: [https://rsj.winchester.ac.uk/articles/158/ Creber, ‘The Princely Woman and the Emperor'].</ref> Following this, Adelaide's dealings with Henry IV became closer. She offered to mediate between him and Matilda of Tuscany, and may even have joined him on a campaign in southern Italy in 1084.<ref>Previté-Orton, ''Early History'', pp. 248f.</ref>

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