Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons

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Father Hugh Capet Spouse Reginar IV, Count of Mons Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine		Name Hedwig France, Grandchildren Herman de Hainaut Died 1013, County of Hainaut
Issue LambertReginar VBeatrixErmentrude Parents Adelaide of Aquitaine, Hugh Capet Similar People Hugh Capet, Adelaide of Aquitaine, Hedwig of Saxony, Robert II of France, Hugh the Great
Children Reginar V, Count of Mons

Hedwig of France (c. 970 – after 1013), also called Avoise, Hadevide or Haltude, was Countess of Mons. She was the daughter of Hugh Capet, the first King of France, and his wife, Queen Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Family

In 996 Hedwig married Rainier IV of Hainaut (947–1013). Their children were:

Reginar V, Count of Mons

Lambert

Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy

Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three; buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium. The burial came to light during an excavation. A lead cross, inscribed with her name and that of her parents, was found in the tomb.

Death

Following the death of her first husband, Hedwig remarried to Hugh de Dagsbourg. She died after 1013.

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Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons Wikipedia

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