Hedwig of Bavaria
Hedwig was a Saxon noble woman, the wife of Count Welf and mother-in-law of Emperor Louis the Pious through his marriage to Judith, her daughter.Life
She was possibly born at Altdorf in the Frankish lands of Alamannia. According to Bishop Thegan of Trier, she was a member of the Saxon high nobility, the daughter of Count Isambart. She had a sister, Adalung des Franken, half-brother Hunfrid I de Recia e de Istria, and a brother Guelph, Count of Andech.
In her later life she appears as abbess of Chelles near Paris, however, it is uncertain if she had already become a widow by then.Marriage and issue
Hedwig married Count Welf I and together they had the following children:
Through her marriage to Welf, she is the matriarch of the dynastic Welf Family and is an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty, the Kings of Italy, Russia, Britain and the Bavarian Welfs.
Hedwig died on 19 April 843 in Bayern, Frankish Empire and was buried in Bayern Lande.Gallery
