Born around 1062 in Normandy, France, SAINT ADELA was the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror and wife of Stephen of Blois, a leader of the First Crusade. Highly educated and devoutly religious, Adela gave generously to the Church endowing many abbeys and churches. At the age of 60, she became a Benedictine nun joining the Cluniac Order at Marigney-sur-Loire where she remained until her death in 1137.