Hedwig (c. 915–965)
Hedwig (c. 915–965)
Duchess of France, countess of Paris, and duchess of Burgundy. Name variations: Hadwig, Hedwige, or Avoie. Born in the duchy of Saxony around 915 (some sources cite 922); died on March 10, 965, in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen); daughter of Henry I the Fowler (c. 876–936), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor (r. 919–936), and Matilda of Saxony (c. 892–968); sister of Otto I the Great (912–973), king of Germany (r. 936–973), Holy Roman emperor (r. 962–973); married Hugh the Great also known as Hugh the White (c. 895–956), count of Paris and duke of Burgundy, in 938; children: Beatrice (b. 938, who married Frederick, count of Bar); Hugh Capet (939–996), duke of France (r. 956–996), king of France (r. 987–996, first of the Capetian kings, who married Adelaide of Poitou ); Emma of Paris (d. 968), duchess of Normandy; Odo or Otto (b. around 945), duke of Burgundy; Otto Henry the Great (b. around 948), duke of Burgundy; Herbert, bishop of Auxerre. Hugh the Great's first wife was Edhild (d. 946).