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Hedwig also Heilwig, (c. 778 – c. 835) was a Saxon noblewoman, abbess, the wife of Count Welf, and mother-in-law of Emperor Louis the Pious through his marriage to Judith, her daughter.

Life
She was possibly born at Altdorf in the Frankish lands of Alamannia (present-day Germany). According to Bishop Thegan of Trier, she was a member of the Saxon high nobility, being the daughter of Count Isambart and Thiedrada.

She had a sister, Adalung des Franken; half-brother, Hunfrid I, Margrave of Istria; and a brother, Guelph, Count of Andechs.

In her later life (c. 835), she became the abbess of Chelles near Paris. Her Husband, Welf died in c. 825.

Hedwig died in c. 835 and was buried in the Basilica of Saint Martin, in modern day Baden-Wurttemberg.

Marriage and issue
Hedwig was married to Count Welf I and together they had the following children:


 * Judith of Bavaria (c. 797–843); married Louis the Pious, who was King of the Franks and co-emperor of the Holy Roman Empire with his father, Charlemagne
 * Conrad I, Count of Auxerre c. 800–864; ancestor of the Welf kings of Burgundy
 * Rudolph, Count of Ponthieu (c. 802–866)
 * Hemma (c. 803–876); married Louis the German, King of East Francia and son of Louis the Pious
 * Mathilda d'Andech von Altdorf

Through her marriage to Welf, she is the matriarch of the dynastic Welf family and is an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty, the Kings of Italy, Russia, Britain and the Bavarian Welfs.