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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 in 1167 in Andechs, Oberbayern, Bavaria.1   The Saint's father was Duke, Margrave of Istria, Count of Antioch Berthold of Andechs Meran VI and her mother was Countess Agnes of Rochlitz.  Her paternal grandparents were Count Berthold of Andechs V and Hedwig von Formbach-Putten; her maternal grandparents were Count Dedo (Der Fieste) of Groitzsch Rochlitz V and Mathilde von Heinsberg. She had a brother and a sister, named Otto and Gertrude.  She was the oldest of the three children.  She died at the age of 76 on October 15th, 1243 in Trzebnica, Wroclaw, Poland.1 

Family Details of The Saint's family with Prince Henryk (The Bearded) of Silesia, Krakow, and Great Poland I

1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I34016&style=TABLE

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