Hedwig Hohenburg
922-992
Born: Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany
Died: St Maximin, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
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922-992
Born: Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany
Died: St Maximin, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px"><p style="margin-: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-: 0px; line-height: 1.5em"><strong>Hedwig of Nordgau</strong> (922 - 993) was the daughter of count Eberhard IV of Nordgau and Luitgard of Lotharingia. Around 950 she married her maternal uncle Siegfried of Luxembourg, firstcount of Luxembourg and founder of the county.</p><p style="margin-: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-: 0px; line-height: 1.5em">Siegfried and Hedwig had 11 children, including:</p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-: 1.5em; list-style-image: url('http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/bullet.gif'); padding: 0px"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Henry, count of Luxemburg</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Adalbert, archbishop of Trier</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Luitgard, married Aarnout</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Eva, married count Gerard of Elzass</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Cunigunde, married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Dietrich, bishop of Metz</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em">Frederik, father of the later counts Henry II and Giselbert</li></ul></span>
<p><strong>Hedwig of Nordgau</strong> (circa 922 – after 993) was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married circa 950.<sup><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup> She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. Some sources list her as the daughter of count <font color="#ba0000">Eberhard IV of Nordgau</font> and <font color="#ba0000">Luitgard of Lotharingia</font>.<sup><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></sup> Others claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.<sup><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></sup> Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the sixth of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.<sup><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></sup></p><span class="mw-headline">Children</span><p>Hedwig of Nordgau's children included:</p><ul><li>Henry, count of Luxemburg</li><li><font color="#ba0000">Adalbert</font>, archbishop of Trier</li><li>Luitgard, married Arnulf, Count of Holland</li><li><font color="#ba0000">Eva</font>, married count <font color="#ba0000">Gerard</font> of <font color="#ba0000">Elzass</font></li><li>Cunigunde, married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor</li><li>Dietrich, bishop of Metz</li><li>Frederik, father of the later counts Henry II and Giselbert</li></ul><span class="mw-headline">Notes and references</span><div style="list-style-type: decimal"><ol><li><strong>^</strong> Hedwig of Nordgau on Peerage.com; Stuart (1995) p. 156</li><li><strong>^</strong> See Stuart (1995) p. 156.</li><li><strong>^</strong> Fuchs (2006) p. 119</li><li><strong>^</strong> Butler <em>et al.</em> (1956) p. 470; Holböck (2002) p. 134</li></ol></div><span class="mw-headline">Sources</span><ul><li>Butler, Alban; Thurston, Herbert; and Attwater, Donald (1956). <em>Butler's Lives of the Saints</em>, Volume 1, 2nd Edition. P. J. Kenedy and Sons.</li><li>Fuchs, Rüdiger (2006). <em>Die Inschriften der Stadt Trier I (bis 1500)</em>. Reichert. ISBN 389500555X <span style="color: #555; font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold"><font size="3">(German)</font></span></li><li>Holböck, Ferdinand (2002). <em>Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries</em>. Ignatius Press, p. 134. ISBN 0898708435</li><li>Stuart, Roderick W. (1995). <em>Royalty for commoners</em>, 2nd Edition. Genealogical Publishing Company, pp. 156 and 171. ISBN 0806314869</li></ul>