Hedwig of Saxony (-959)

"Hedwige of Saxony (also Hedwig, German: Hadwig von Sachsen; c. 910 – after 958), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duchess consort of the Franks by her marriage to the Robertian duke Hugh the Great. Upon her husband´s death in 956, she acted as a regent during the minority of their son Hugh Capet, the founder of the Elder House of Capet." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.11.2019)

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What we know

Background

Wife of	Hugh the Great ^↓
daughter of	Matilda of Ringelheim [mother of], Henry I the Fowler [father of] ^↓
sister of	Otto I the Great [brother of], Henry I (Bavaria) [brother of], Bruno the Great [brother of], Gerberga of Saxony [sister of] ^↓

Sources & Mentions

Eduard Hlawitschka (1928-). 1964. "Gerberga". Neue Deutsche Biographie. 256. https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd138741018.html#ndbcontent
Gerd Althoff (1943-). 1999. "Otto I.". Neue Deutsche Biographie. 656-660. https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118590758.html#ndbcontent

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[Last update: 2019/11/02]

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