Hedwig von Sachsen
- Born: Abt 922, Sachsen
- Married: Between 9 May 938 and 14 Sep 938, Mainz Oder, Ingelheim, Rhineland, Germany
- Died: 9 Jan 958, Aachen, Rheinland
 Research Notes:
Alternate death date: 9 Jan, after 965.
Rodulfus Glaber names "sororem [primis Ottonis] Haduidem" as wife of "Hugo dux Francorum cognomento Magnus". "Henricus…rex" granted property to Paderborn cathedral by charter dated 9 May 935 which names "Heinrici æquivoci ac filii nostri et Hadeuui filiæ nostræ" by charter dated 9 May 935. "Hugues abbé de Saint-Martin" donated "son alleu de Lachy…dans le comté de Meaux", inherited from "comte Aledramnus", to Tours Saint-Martin by charter dated 14 Sep 937 which names "sa femme Havis". Flodoard refers to "sororem Othonis regis Transfhenensis, filiam Heinrici" as the wife of "Hugo princeps, filius Roberti", without naming her, recording the marriage in 938. The Annales Nivernenses record in 958 that "rex et mater sua et Ugo filius Ugonis et mater sua" attended a hearing "apud Marziacum vicum iuxta Nevernis…contra Guillelmum comitem Aquitaniæ post missa sancti Martini".
The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "V Id Jan" of "Hadhuidis comitissa". 1
Marriage Information:
Hedwig married Hugues "le Grand" de Bourgogne, duc des Francs, son of Robert I de Bourgogne, King of the West Franks, and Béatrice Caroling de Vermandois, Queen of France, between 9 May 938 and 14 Sep 938 in Mainz Oder, Ingelheim, Rhineland, Germany. (Hugues "le Grand" de Bourgogne was born about 898 in Paris, Île-de-France, France and died on 16 Jun 956 in Dourdan, Essonne, France.) |
