Hedwig of Saxony

Hedwige of Saxony
Hedwig of Saxony, detail from the Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, 12th century
Bornc. 910
Diedafter 958
SpouseHugh the Great
IssueBeatrice of France
Hugh Capet
Emma of Paris, Duchess of Normandy
Otto, Duke of Burgundy
Henry I, Duke of Burgundy
HouseOttonian dynasty (Liudolfings)
FatherHenry the Fowler
MotherMatilda of Ringelheim

Hedwige of Saxony (also Hedwig, German: Hadwig von Sachsen; c. 910 – after 958-959), 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.


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