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 certain. Some sources claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.^[2] 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.^[3]

Children[edit]

Hedwig of Nordgau's children included:

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

Notes and references[edit]

Sources[edit]

• 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 (in German)
• Holböck, Ferdinand (2002). Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries. Ignatius Press, p. 134. ISBN 0-89870-843-5