Hedwig of Nordgau

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Hedwig of Nordgau (c. 922 – after 993) was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950.^[1] She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. Some sources list her as the daughter of count Eberhard IV of Nordgau and Luitgard of Lotharingia.^[2] Others claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.^[3] Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the seventh of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.^[4]

Children

Hedwig of Nordgau's children included:

• Henry, count of Luxemburg
• Adalbert, archbishop of Trier
• Luitgard, married Arnulf, Count of Holland
• Eva, married count Gerard of Elzass
• Cunigunde, married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Dietrich, bishop of Metz
• Frederik, father of the later counts Henry II and Giselbert

Notes and references

1. Hedwig of Nordgau on Peerage.com; Stuart (1995) p. 156
2. See Stuart (1995) p. 156.
3. Fuchs (2006) p. 119
4. Butler et al. (1956) p. 470; Holböck (2002) p. 134

Sources

• Butler, Alban; Thurston, Herbert; and Attwater, Donald (1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints, Volume 1, 2nd Edition. P. J. Kenedy and Sons.
• Fuchs, Rüdiger (2006). Die Inschriften der Stadt Trier I (bis 1500). Reichert. ISBN 3-89500-555-X (German)
• Holböck, Ferdinand (2002). Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries. Ignatius Press, p. 134. ISBN 0-89870-843-5
• Stuart, Roderick W. (1995). Royalty for commoners, 2nd Edition. Genealogical Publishing Company, pp. 156 and 171. ISBN 0-8063-1486-9