Hedwig of Nordgau was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg

Siegfried of Luxembourg

Siegfried is considered the first count of Luxembourg. He was actually count in the Moselgau and the Ardennes. He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach. He is speculated to be the son of Wigeric of Lotharingia, Count Palatine and Cunigunda...

, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married circa 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

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan...

. Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the sixth of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.

Children

Hedwig of Nordgau's children included:

• Henry
  Henry V, Duke of Bavaria
  Henry , of the House of Luxembourg, was the count of Luxembourg from 998 and the duke of Bavaria from 1004...
  
  , count of Luxemburg
• Adalbert, archbishop of Trier
• Luitgard
  Lutgardis of Luxemburg
  Lutgardis of Luxembourg, also known as Liutgardis, Liutgarde and Lutgard, was a daughter of Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau. Her sister was Cunigunde of Luxembourg. She married Arnulf, Count of Holland...
  
  , married Arnulf, Count of Holland
  Arnulf, Count of Holland
  Arnulf, also known as Aernout or Arnold succeeded his father in 988 as Count in Frisia. He was born in 951 in Ghent and because of this he is also known as Arnulf of Ghent. Arnulf was the son of Dirk II, Count of Holland and Hildegard, thought to be a daughter of Arnulf of Flanders.-Career:Arnulf...
  
  
• Eva, married count Gerard of Elzass
• Cunigunde, married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Henry II , also referred to as Saint Henry, Obl.S.B., was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty, from his coronation in Rome in 1014 until his death a decade later. He was crowned King of the Germans in 1002 and King of Italy in 1004...
  
  
• Dietrich
  Dietrich I of Metz
  Dietrich of Metz was Bishop of Metz from 964 until his death. He was the son of Hedwig of Nordgau and Siegfried of Luxembourg.He succeeded Adalbero I as bishop of Metz...
  
  , bishop of Metz
• Frederik
  Frederick of Luxembourg
  Frederick of Luxembourg , count of Moselgau, was a son of count Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau.By a wife whose name is unknown , he had:...
  
  , father of the later counts Henry II
  Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria
  Henry VII was the count of Luxembourg from 1026 and duke of Bavaria from 1042 until his death. He was the son of Frederick, count of Moselgau, and possibly Ermentrude of Gleiberg....
  
   and Giselbert
  Giselbert of Luxembourg
  Giselbert of Luxembourg was count of Salm and of Longwy, then count of Luxembourg from 1047 to 1059. He was the son of Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau, and perhaps of Ermentrude of Gleiberg....
  
  

Sources

• Butler, Alban; Thurston, Herbert; and Attwater, Donald (1956). Butler's Lives of the Saints, Volume 1, 2nd Edition. P. J. Kenedy and Sons.
• Fuchs, Rüdiger (2006). Die Inschriften der Stadt Trier I (bis 1500). Reichert. ISBN 389500555X
• Holböck, Ferdinand (2002). Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries. Ignatius Press, p. 134. ISBN 0898708435
• Stuart, Roderick W. (1995). Royalty for commoners, 2nd Edition. Genealogical Publishing Company, pp. 156 and 171. ISBN 0806314869