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Birth:          ABT  915 
Death:          14 Mar  965 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Saxony
Hedwige of Saxony (also Hedwig, German: Hadwig von Sachsen; c.?910 – May 10, 
965), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duchess consort of the Franks by her 
marriage to the Robertian duke Hugh the Great, a descendant of Emperor 
Charlemagne. 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.
Life[edit]

According to the medieval chronicler Widukind of Corvey, Hedwig was a younger 
daughter of the Saxon duke Henry the Fowler (c.?876 – 936), elected King of East 
Francia from 919, and his second wife Matilda of Ringelheim (c.?895 – 968). Her 
siblings were Otto I, who succeeded his father as king and was crowned Holy Roman 
Emperor in 962; Duke Henry I of Bavaria; Gerberga of Saxony, who married King Louis 
IV of France in 939; and Archbishop Bruno of Cologne.

After her brother Otto I came to power in 936, an alliance and marriage was arranged 
with the West Frankish duke Hugh the Great, who sought support in his struggles with 
King Louis IV. Hedwig was Hugh's third wife. They married probably in May 937. With 
Hugh, Hedwig had the following children:
Beatrice married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.[a][1]
Hugh Capet (c. 941 – 996), who was crowned King of France in 987.
Emma of Paris (943–968), who married Duke Richard I of Normandy in 960.
Otto, Duke of Burgundy (945–965)
Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002)

When Hedwig's husband died in 956, her son Hugh Capet was still underage. 
Although Hugh inherited his father's estates, he did not rule independently from the 
beginning.[2] Along with her brother, Archbishop Bruno, Hedwig acted as Hugh's 
regent and administrator of the Robertian estates until he came of age.[3] Bruno also 
held guardianship over his nephew King Lothair of France, son of his sister Gerberga, 
and temporarily raised to one of the most powerful nobles in West Francia. Hedwig 
backed her brother in his conflict with Count Reginar III of Hainaut and arbitrated in 
the rivalry between her son Hugh Capet and King Lothair.

Hedwig is last mentioned in 958 by the West Frankish chronicler Flodoard of Reims 
and may have died soonafter; a 965 entry by Sigebert of Gembloux seems doubtful.

Parents
____ Henry (Heinrich) I "the Fowler" ( 876 - 2 Jul  936)
VON RINGLEHEIM Mathilda (Mechtilde) (ABT  894 - 14 May  968)

Siblings
____ Otto I "the Great" (23 Nov  912 - 7 May  973)
OF SAXONY Gerberge ( 913 - 5 May  984)
OF SAXONY Hedwig (ABT  915 - 14 Mar  965)

Marriage To OF NEUSTRIA Hugh Magnus "The Great" ( 898 - 16 Jun  956)
    m. ABT  937 his 3rd

Notes

Parents
____ Robert I ( 866 - 15 Jun  923)
OF VERMANDOIS Beatrice (ABT  868 - AFT 26 Mar  931)

Children by OF NEUSTRIA Hugh Magnus "The Great"  898 - 16 Jun  956
OF FRANCE Beatrice ( 939 - 23 Aug  987)
CAPET Hugh ( 941 - 24 Oct  996)

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