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Name Adelasia
Gender Feminine
Usage Medieval Italian, Theatre, Italian, Sardinian
Other Forms FormsAlasia (contracted form), Adalasia, Adelagia
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Meaning & History
Medieval Italian variant of ADELAIDE. Adelasia of Torres (1207-1259) was the Judge of Logudoro from 1236 and Judge of Gallura from 1238, while Adelasia del Vasto (c. 1075 – 16 April 1118) was the third wife of Roger I of Sicily and mother of Roger II of Sicily, as well as Queen consort of Jerusalem due to her later marriage to Baldwin I of Jerusalem, as his third wife.Adelasia ed Aleramo (1806) is an opera composed by Johann Simon Mayr.