List of Famous people named Hedwig

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

Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Hesse-Kassel
Born on June 30, 1569
Died on July 7, 1644 (aged 75)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage a Countess of Schaumburg.

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Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg

First Name Hedwig,
Last Name Quedlinburg
Born on October 31, 1445
Died on June 13, 1511 (aged 65)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Hedwig of Saxony was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1458 until her death.

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Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Mons
Born on November 30, 0969
Died on November 30, 1012 (aged 43)

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.

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Hedwig Luise of Hesse-Homburg

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Hesse-Homburg
Born on March 2, 1675
Died on March 14, 1760 (aged 85)
Born in Germany, Hesse
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Hedwig Neven DuMont

First Name Hedwig
Last Name DuMont
Born on August 9, 1946 (age 79)
Born in Austria, Salzburg
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Hedwig Jagiellon

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Jagiellon
Born on April 8, 1408
Died on December 8, 1431 (aged 23)

Hedwig Jagiellon was a Polish and Lithuanian princess, and a member of the Jagiellon dynasty. For most of her life she, as the only child of Wladyslaw Jagiello, was considered to be heiress of the Polish and Lithuanian thrones. After the birth of Jagiello's sons in 1424 and 1427, Hedwig had some support for her claims to the throne. She died in 1431 amidst rumors that she was poisoned by her stepmother Sophia of Halshany.

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Hedwig of Cieszyn

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Cieszyn
Born on January 1, 1469
Died on April 6, 1521 (aged 52)

Hedwig of Cieszyn was a Polish princess. She was the only child of Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw.

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Hedwig Pringsheim

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Pringsheim
Born on July 13, 1855
Died on July 27, 1942 (aged 87)
Born in Germany

Hedwig Pringsheim was a German actress.

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Hedwig of Formbach

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Formbach
Died on November 30, 1089

Hedwig of Formbach, was the daughter of Frederick, count of Formbach and of Gertrude of Haldensleben, and heiress to Süpplingenburg Castle. She was the mother of Emperor Lothair II.

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Hedwig of Gudensberg

First Name Hedwig
Last Name Gudensberg
Born on January 1, 1098
Died on January 1, 1148 (aged 50)

Hedwig of Gudensberg, also known as Hedwig of Hesse (1098–1148) was German regent: she served as regent of Thuringia during the minority of her son Louis II from 1140.

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