Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy

Adelaide of Merania was the reigning Countess of Burgundy from 1248 until her death. She was also Countess of Savoy and Bresse through her marriage in 1267 to Count Philip I of Savoy.

Life

Adelaide was the daughter of Duke Otto I of Merania and Countess Beatrice II of Burgundy. She inherited the county after the death of her brother, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy, in 1248. As countess, she came into conflict with King Rudolph I.
Adelaide died in 1279 and was buried in Cherlieu Abbey near Besançon.

Family

Adelaide married Hugh, Count of Salins, from a younger branch of the male-line dynasty of Ivrean-originated Counts of Burgundy, around 1239. They had, among others, the following children:
On 11 June 1267, Adelaide married Philip, the former archbishop of Lyon who inherited the County of Savoy the following year. The marriage remained childless.