List of Famous people named Hedwig

Name Hedwig is among the most common names in Germany, Austria. Here are some famous Hedwigs:

Hedwig Wangel

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Wangel
Born on September 23, 1875
Died on March 12, 1961 (aged 85)
Born in Germany

Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress.

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Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

First Name Hedwig
Born on February 23, 1540
Died on October 21, 1602 (aged 62)
Born in Germany, Berlin

Hedwig of Brandenburg, a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1568 to 1589, by her marriage with the Welf duke Julius.

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Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Brandenburg
Born on March 15, 1513
Died on February 7, 1573 (aged 59)

Hedwig Jagiellon was a granddaughter of Emperor Sigismund and of the Jagiellonian dynasty as daughter of Sigismund I the Old of Poland. She was Electress of Brandenburg by marriage to Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg.

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Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Bavaria
Born on September 21, 1457
Died on February 18, 1502 (aged 44)

Hedwig Jagiellon, baptized as "Hedwigis", was a Polish princess and member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, as well as Duchess of Bavaria by marriage.

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Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

First Name Hedwig
Born on December 23, 1603
Died on March 22, 1657 (aged 53)
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Hedwig von Trapp

Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina von Trapp
First Name Hedwig
Last Name Trapp
Born on July 28, 1917
Died on September 14, 1972 (aged 55)
Born in Austria, Salzburg

Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina von Trapp was the fifth child of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and movie The Sound of Music. She was portrayed as the character "Brigitta".

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Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

First Name Hedwig
Died on June 26, 1650

Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and the Duchess of Pomerania by marriage.

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Hedwig of Saxony

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Saxony
Died on May 10, 0965

Hedwige of Saxony, a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duchess consort of the Franks by her marriage to the Robertian duke Hugh the Great. Upon her husband's death in 956, she acted as a regent during the minority of their son Hugh Capet, the founder of the Elder House of Capet.

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Hedwig of Nordgau

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Nordgau
Born on January 1, 0922
Died on January 1, 0993 (aged 71)

Hedwig of Nordgau was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950. She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for certain. Some sources claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the seventh of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.

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Hedwig of Habsburg

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Habsburg
Died on January 1, 1303

Hedwig, a member of the royal House of Habsburg, was Margravine of Brandenburg from 1279 until 1285/1286, by her marriage with the Ascanian margrave Otto VI of Brandenburg-Salzwedel.

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