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Female Princess Hedwig ("the Saint") of Andechs Meran Click to view Princess Hedwig ("the Saint") of Andechs Meran in the family tree

Hedwig, known as "the Saint", was born about 1174 in Andechs, Oberbayem, Bavaria.  "the Saint"'s father was Duke Bertold von Andech IV of Meran and her mother was Agnes von Groitzsch of Rochlitz.  Her paternal grandparents were Duke Berthold III of Meran and Hedwig von Formbach; her maternal grandparents were Count Dedi von Groitsch-Rochlitz V and Mathilda von Heinsburg. She had a sister named Gertrude.  She was the older of the two children.  She died on October 15th, 1243 in Trzebnica, Wroclaw, Poland.


"the Saint"'s family with Henryk I of Silesia Krakow & Great Poland

‌"the Saint" and Henryk were married in a religious ceremony about 1186 in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.  They had a son named Henryk.

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