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Hedwig Capet of France, Countess of Mons was born circa 969 to Hugh Capet (c940-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (c945-1004) and died 1013 of unspecified causes. She married Regnier IV de Mons (c947-1013) 990 JL in France. She married Hugh de Dagsbourg (c970-) 1015 JL in France.

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Hedwig of France, (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.[1]

Following the death of her first husband, Hedwig remarried to Hugh de Dagsbourg (c970-).[2] She died after 1013.

Research Notes

The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Robertum regem et filiam Hadevidem…comitissam Hainonensium" as the children of King Hugues[135]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines also names "soror regis Roberti Hadwidis" as wife of "Rainero comiti de Hainaco, fratri Lamberti comitis de Lovanio"[136]. Sigebert's Chronica records in 977 that "Raginerus" married "Hathuidem filiam Hugonis postea regis"[137]. "Comes Raginerus et Hathuidis coniux" are named in the Gesta of Gembloux Abbey[138].

Her brother gave her the towns of Couvin, Fraisne, Nîme, Eve and Bens [all now in Belgium] as her dowry on her marriage.

"Raginero comite…et Hathuidis coniunx eius" donated property at Gion to Gembloux by charter dated to [1013][139].

The identity of "comitissa Hawidis/Hadegundis", and therefore the existence of Lambert, supposed brother of Reginar [V] Comte de Hainaut, is not certain. Hedwige, wife of Reginar [IV] Comte de Hainaut, is the most obvious candidate. If this is correct, the donation must have been made after her husband's death in 1013 as he is not named in the document. The other possibility is that the donor was the mother of Reginar [IV] Comte de Hainaut and his brother Lambert [I] Comte de Louvain. However, the name of the wife of their father, Reginar [III] Graf im Maasgau, is recorded elsewhere as Adela (see BRABANT).

"Heinricus…Romanorum imperator augustus" took into his protection the abbey of Florennes founded by "Gerardus…in primis meus capellanus postea…Cameracensis episcopus effectus et fratres sui Godefridus et Arnulphus" by charter dated 1018, which refers to earlier donations of property by "comitissa Hawidis, annuentibus filiis suis comite Raginero et Lamberto"[140]. "Chuonradus…Romanorum imperator augustus" confirmed the foundation of Florennes abbey by charter dated 1033, which records among others the donation of "comitissa Hadegundis, annuentibus comite Raginero et Lamberto filiis suis…in Prona sita in pago Haynomensi"[141].

Family

In 996 Hedwig married Reginar IV of Hainaut (947–1013).[3] Their children were:

  1. Regnier V de Mons (c998-c1039)[4]
  2. Gisèle (998-1049), who married Wautier III d'Olhain
  3. Lambert de Mons (?-?)
  4. Beatrice de Hainaut (c995-c1030), who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy[3]
  5. Ermentrude de Mons (c991-c994), 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.




Children


Offspring of Regnier IV de Mons (c947-1013) and Hedwig Capet
Name Birth Death Joined with
Ermentrude de Mons (c991-c994) 991 994
Beatrice de Hainaut (c995-c1030) 995 1030 Ebles I de Roucy (c985-1033)
Regnier V de Mons (c998-c1039) 998 1039 Mathilde van Ename (c995-aft1039)
Lambert de Mons (?-?)




Siblings


Offspring of Hugh Capet (c940-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (c945-1004)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Gisele Capet (c968-c1000) 968 France 1000 France Hugues de Ponthieu (c970-c1000)
Hedwig Capet (c969-1013) 969 1013 Regnier IV de Mons (?-1013)
Hugh de Dagsbourg (c970-)
Robert II of France (972-1031) 27 March 972 Orléans, Orléanais, Loiret, France 20 July 1031 Meulan, Ile-de-France, France Rosella of Italy (945-1003)
Bertha de Bourgogne (967-1016)
Constance of Arles (986-1034)
Adela Capet (c973-c1068)


See Also

References

  1. ^ Bouchard 2001, p. 112.
  2. ^ No sources prove this second marriage!
  3. ^ a b Bouchard 2001, p. 122.
  4. ^ Bachrach, Bachrach & Leese 2018, p. xvi.


Footnotes (including sources)

Rtol, Phlox, MainTour

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