Hedwig of Saxony | |
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Born | c. 910 |
Died | after 958 |
Spouse | Hugh the Great |
Issue | Beatrice of France Hugh Capet Emma of Paris, Duchess of Normandy Otto, Duke of Burgundy Henry I, Duke of Burgundy |
House | Ottonian dynasty (Liudolfings) |
Father | Henry the Fowler |
Mother | Matilda of Ringelheim |
Hedwig of Saxony (German: Hadwig; c. 910 – after 958-959) was a member of the Ottonian dynasty and wife of the Robertian duke Hugh the Great. Upon her husband's death in 956, she ruled the Robertian estates as a regent during the minority of their son Hugh Capet, the founder of the Elder House of Capet.