Hedwiga: Patriots and Pioneers

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Generation: 1

Hedwiga was born about 972 (daughter of Capet, Hugh and Poitou, Adelaide of).

Family/Spouse: Regnier, IV. IV (son of Regnier, III and Adele) was born between 960 and 966; died in 1013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Regnier, V was born about 990; died about 1039.
Hainault, Beatrix of was born about 992 in Hainault-from the Middle Ages, France.

Generation: 2

Capet, Hugh was born about 939 (son of Magnus, Hugh and Hedwiga); died on 24 Oct 996 in Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

Notes:

King of France 987-996
Count of Poitou
Count of Orleans
First of the Capetian Kings of France

Hugh married Poitou, Adelaide of in 968. Adelaide (daughter of William, I and Gerloc (Adele)) was born in 945; died about 1004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Poitou, Adelaide of was born in 945 (daughter of William, I and Gerloc (Adele)); died about 1004.

Children:

1. Hedwiga was born about 972.
ll, Robert was born in 985 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.

Generation: 3

Magnus, Hugh was born about 895 (son of Robert, I and De Vermandois, Beatrix); died on 16 Jun 956.

Notes:

Count of Paris, Orleans, Vexin and Le Mans
Duke of Paris

Hugh married Hedwiga in 938 in Ingelheim, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. (daughter of Henry, I and Ringelheim, Mechtilde of) was born about 915; died on 14 May 956. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hedwiga was born about 915 (daughter of Henry, I and Ringelheim, Mechtilde of); died on 14 May 956.

Children:

2. Capet, Hugh was born about 939; died on 24 Oct 996 in Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

6.	William, I was born about 925 (son of Mancer, Ebles and Emliane); died on 3 Apr 963. I married Gerloc (Adele) in 935. Gerloc (daughter of Rolf (Rollo), Granger and Berenger, Poppa) died on 24 Oct 962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

7.
Gerloc (Adele) (daughter of Rolf (Rollo), Granger and Berenger, Poppa); died on 24 Oct 962.
Children:

3. Poitou, Adelaide of was born in 945; died about 1004.

Generation: 4

Robert, I was born in 866 (son of Rutpert, IV and Adelaide Of Tours & Alsace); died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.

Notes:

Count of Poitiers,
Count of Paris,
Marquis of Neustria,
King of the West Franks (France)

Count of Poitiers,
Count of Paris,
Marquis of Neustria,
King of the West Franks (France)

I married De Vermandois, Beatrix. Beatrix (daughter of Herbert I De Vermandois and Bertha De Morvois) died in Mar 931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9.
De Vermandois, Beatrix (daughter of Herbert I De Vermandois and Bertha De Morvois); died in Mar 931.
Children:

4. Magnus, Hugh was born about 895; died on 16 Jun 956.

10.

Henry, I was born in 876 (son of Otto and Hedwige); died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Notes:

Duke of Saxony; King of the Saxons 912 - 936

I married Ringelheim, Mechtilde of in 909. Mechtilde (daughter of Theodoric and Ludmilla, Ranghildis) was born about 878; died on 14 Mar 968 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Ringelheim, Mechtilde of was born about 878 (daughter of Theodoric and Ludmilla, Ranghildis); died on 14 Mar 968 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Children:

Gerberga Of Saxony was born in 913/14; died on 5 May 984.
5. Hedwiga was born about 915; died on 14 May 956.

12. Mancer, Ebles was born before 890 (son of Ranulf, II and Irmgard); died in 932.
Ebles married Emliane in 911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13.
Emliane
Children:

6. William, I was born about 925; died on 3 Apr 963.

14.

Rolf (Rollo), Granger was born before 860 (son of Ragnvald I "The Wise" and Hiltrude (Raginhilde)); died in 927 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Notes:

Banished from Norway to the Hebrides ca. 876.
890 participated in Viking attack on Bayeux, where Count Berenger of Bayeux was killed, and his daughter Poppa captured and taken in 886 by Rollo (now Count of Rouen) as his "Danish" wife. Under treaty of St. Claire, 911, received the Duchy of Normandy from
Charles III, "the Simple".

Granger married Berenger, Poppa in 896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.
Berenger, Poppa
Children:

7. Gerloc (Adele) died on 24 Oct 962.

William, I was born about 891; died on 17 Dec 942.