Adela was the daughter of William I of England, and mother of Stephen of England. William I ( 1028 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087, and as Guillaume II was Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087. ... Stephen (1096 – October 25, 1154), the last Norman King of England, reigned from 1135 to 1154, when he was succeeded by his cousin Henry II, the first of the Angevin or Plantagenet Kings. ...
Adela was regent for her husband during his extended absence as a leader of the First Crusade (1095-1098), and when he returned in disgrace it was at least in part at her urging that he returned to the east to fulfill his vow of seeing Jerusalem.
Adela quarrelled with her eldest son Guillaume, "deficient in intelligence as well as degenerate", and had his younger brother Theobald replace him as heir.
Adela retired to Marcigny in 1120, secure in the status of her children.
Adela Pankhurst Walsh (1885-1961) was an Australian suffragette, political organizer, and co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia.
Adela was born in England into a politicized family: her father, Richard Pankhurst was a socialist and candidate for Parliament, and her mother Emmeline Pankhurst and sisters Sylvia and Christabel were leaders of the British suffragist movement.
As a teenager, Adela became involved in the militant Women's Social and Political Union founded by her mother and sisters.
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