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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm [ADELAIS d e Troyes ([950/55]-after 991). The ''Historia Francorum Senonensis'' r efers to the wife of "Karolus" as "filiam Herberti comitis Trecarum" [ 1]. Assuming the birth of the couple's eldest son in 970, this could n ot refer to Héribert, son of Robert, whose birth is dated to [950]. I t is also unlikely to have been Héribert II Comte de Vermandois, fath er of Robert, who was not Comte de Troyes. Settipani suggests [2] tha t the ''Historia'' must be in error and that her father was Robert Com te de Troyes. This would not be the only error in this source, as th e ''Historia'' also refers to "Karolus, frater eius [=Hludovicus], fil ius Hlotharii regis" when recording his "succession" in 987 [3]. The ' 'Chronico Richardi Pictavensis'' also names "Carolus uxore sua… fili a Herberti Comitis Trecarum" [4], presumably based on the same sourc e as the ''Historia''. Her name is recorded by Richer, who states tha t "Karolum… cum uxore Adelaide et filio Ludovico, et filiabus duabus , quarum altera Gerberga, altera Adelaidis dicebatur, necnon et Arnulf o nepote" were imprisoned by Hugues "Capet" King of France [5]. Orderi c Vitalis links to the two sets of references by recording that Charle s was imprisoned with his wife who was the daughter of Heribert Comt e de Troyes [6]. An interesting twist to this apparently straight-forw ard explanation is provided by another passage in Richer which refer s disparagingly to Charles's marriage to "uxorem de militari ordine si bi imparem" [7]. It is difficult to imagine this description being app ropriate to the Vermandois/Carolingian origin of Charles's known wife . Ferdinand Lot therefore proposed that the text means that Charles wa s married twice [8]. If such a second marriage did take place, it mus t have occurred at the height of the dispute between Charles and his b rother King Lothar around [975]. At that time Charles was challengin g his brother's authority to rule, and it is difficult to imagine tha t he would weaken his own position by contracting an unequal marriage . The comment by Richer could presumably be explained by his persona l dislike of the Vermandois family. [1] Hugonis Floriacensis, ''Histo ria Francorum Senonensis'', MGH SS IX, p. 368. [2] Settipani (1993) , pp. 337-39 footnote 1010. [3] Hugonis Floriacensis, ''Historia Fran corum Senonensis'', MGH SS IX, p. 367. [4] ''Chronico Richardi Pictav ensis'', RHGF IX, p. 22. [5] Richeri ''Historiæ'' IV 49, MGH SS III , p. 642. [6] Orderic Vitalis I, p. 160. [7] Richeri ''Historiæ'' I V 11, MGH SS III, p. 633. [8] Lot, F. (1891) ''Les derniers Carolingi ens, Lothaire, Louis V, Charles de Lorraine (954-991)'' (Paris, Biblio thèque de l'Ecole pratique des hautes études fasc. 87), p. 209 n. 2 , cited in Settipani (1993), p. 337 footnote 1010.