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FRANCIS LANCELOTT, ESQ. Queens of England. Vol.1.
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FRANCIS LANCELOTT, ESQ. Queens of England. Vol.1.
page 51
SECOND QUEEN OF
in 1150, to sever the tics of conjugal and maternal love, and withdraw from the gaudy glitter of the world, by entering the convent of Afriighum, in Flanders, where she died on the ninth of April, 1152. Her lord, Albini, survived her long enough to conduct the peaceful négociations between Stephen and young Hantagenct, which happily terminated the civil war that for upwards of fifteen years had rendered England a land of blood and desolation.
HENRY THE FIIIST,
By her marriage with Albini, Adelicia became the mother of seven children, all of whom survived her. The eldest born, William, Earl of Arundel, became an eminent statesman in the reign of Henry the Second. Alice, the fifth born, was married to the Earl of Anger. Of lleyncr, Henry, and Godfrey, whose successivo births followed that of William, history saith not. The two last born, Olivia and Agatha, were both buried at Bosgrovc, near Arundel.
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