Hedwig of France

Infobox Person
name = Hedwig of France


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birth_date = c. 970
birth_place =
death_date = after 1013
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title = Countess of Mons
spouse = Rainier IV of Hainaut
parents = Hugh Capet
Adelaide of Aquitaine

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 Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Family

In 996 Hedwig married Rainier IV of Hainaut (947-1013). They had three children:

* Reginar V, Count of Mons. Married Mathilde of Verdun, daughter of Herman, Count of Brabant.
* Lambert of Mons
* Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy, and Archbishop of Rheims.

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

Persondata
NAME = Hedwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Avoise; Haltude
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Countess of Mons
DATE OF BIRTH = c. 970
PLACE OF BIRTH =
DATE OF DEATH = 1013
PLACE OF DEATH =