Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde (c. 1055 – 28 March 1100) was the daughter of Otto I of Meissen and a member of the family of the counts of Weimar and Orlamünde. She married successively, Adalbert II of Ballenstedt, count palatine Herman II, and Henry of Laach.
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Life
Adelaide was the daughter and heiress of Otto I of Meissen and his wife, Adela of Louvain.Her older sisters were Oda, who married Egbert II of Meissen, and Cunigunda, who married Yaropluk, son of Iziaslav I of Kiev, then Kuno of Nordheim, and finally Wiprecht von Groitzsch.
First Marriage
Adelaide's first husband was Adalbert II of Ballenstedt, a member of the House of Ascania. Adalbert was murdered by Egeno II of Konradsburg in 1079. With Adalbert, Adelaide had two sons: