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          6. Hedwig of Saxony

          Mother of Hugh Capet (c. 910 – after 958)

          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.

          Life

          Hedwig was a younger daughter of the Saxon duke Henry the Fowler (c. 876 – 936), elected king of East Francia in 919, and his second wife, Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 895 – 968).

          Her siblings were Otto I, who succeeded his father as king and was crowned emperor in 962; Duke Henry I of Bavaria; Gerberga of Saxony, who married King Louis IV of France in 939; and Archbishop Bruno the Great of Cologne.

          After her brother Otto I came to power in 936, an alliance and marriage was arranged with the West Frankish duke Hugh the Great, who sought support in his struggles with King Louis IV