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Female Hedwig Schleswig Click to view Hedwig Schleswig in the family tree

Hedwig was born about 1395 in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.  Hedwig's father was Gerard VI Holstein and her mother was Katherine or Elisabeth Brunswick.  Her paternal grandparents were Henry II Holstein and Ingeburg Mecklenburg; her maternal grandparents were Magnus II Brunswick Wolfenbuttel and Katherine Anhalt Bernburg. She had three brothers and a sister, named Henry IV, Adolf VIII, Gerard VII and Ingeborg.  She was the oldest of the five children.  She died in 1436.


Hedwig's first family with Balthasar Wends

‌Hedwig and Balthasar were married in a religious ceremony about 1417 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Hedwig's second family with Dietrich Oldenburg

‌Hedwig and Dietrich were married in a religious ceremony on November 23rd, 1423 in Schleswig, Holstein, Prussia.  They had three sons and a daughter, named Moritz IV, Gerard, Christian I of and Adelaide.

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