Adela of Meissen (died 23 October 1181) was a Danish Queen consort

Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark

Sweyn III of Denmark

Sweyn III Grathe was the King of Denmark between 1146 and 1157, in shifting alliances with Canute V and his own cousin Valdemar I. In 1157, the three agreed a tripartition of Denmark...

. She was the daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen

Conrad the Great was the Margrave of Meissen from 1123 until his retirement in 1156. He was the son of Thimo, Count of Brehna, of the House of Wettin and Ida, daughter of Otto of Nordheim. He was also Count of Wettin, Brehna, and Camburg from before 1116.In 1123, he became Count of Eilenburg...

, and Luitgard of Ravenstein.

She was married to Sweyn in 1152. As queen of Denmark, Adela was not popular, but criticized for influenting her spouse to abandon Danish customs in favour of German ones.

Widowed in 1157, she married count Adalbert III of Ballenstedt.

Issue

Issue with Swein

• Son, died early
• Luccardis, spouse of Margrave Berthold I of Istria
  Berthold I of Istria
  Berthold III, Count of Andechs was the Margrave of Istria as Berthold I from 1173 until 1188. He was the son of Berthold III, Count of Diessen, Plassenberg and Stein and his first wife Sophie of Istria....
  
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Issue with Adalbert

• Gertrudis, spouse of Walther of Arnstein