VON NORDGAU, Hedwig

922 - 992  (70 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	VON NORDGAU, Hedwig  [1]
  Birth	922  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Differentiator	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.
  Relation to Me	32 GGM
  Royalty & Nobility	Countess of Luxembourg
  Death	13 Dec 992  [1]
  	St Maximin, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Person ID	I2123	My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	SIGFRIED,   b. 15 Aug 922, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France d. 28 Oct 998 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Abt 950  [1]
  	Lorraine, Alsace, France
  Children	+ 1. LUXEMBOURG, Frederick of,   b. 965, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 6 Oct 1019, Lorraine, France (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950. She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. Some sources list her as the daughter of count Eberhard IV of Nordgau and Luitgard of Lotharingia. Others claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

  
  

• Sources

  [S1578] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Siegfried II, Comte d'Ardennes de Luxembourg http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1728803042&indiv=try