Adela (Gallia Imperium)

Regina Adela (230?-290) was the wife of Postumus and mother to two future emperors: Marius and Augustus.

Early life
Adela was reportedly born in 230 to lowly plebs in the central sector of Rome, Italia. According to Adela's private letters, her mother was a woman named Lucinda whom died in 232. Her father, Camon, was a servant to an influential patrician within Rome. After Emperor Severus was murdered (235), Adela and her father fled a chaotic Rome and settled in Lutetia. Unfortunately, Camon died of smallpox; Adela became an orphan.

She worked as servant girl until she caught the eye of Marcus Postumus in March 253. Postumus formally asked for Adela's hand in marriage on 6 June 253: she accepted the proposal and they were promptly wed. From the marriage, Adela gave Postumus five children: Adela (254), Marius (259), Augustus (264), Alexandrius (268), and Attia (270).

She died 3 July 290, possibly from pneumonia.