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Female Princess Hedwig of Saxony Click to view Princess Hedwig of Saxony in the family tree

Hedwig was born in 1131 in Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Prussia.1   Hedwig's father was Duke Albrecht (The Bear) of Saxony I and her mother was Sofie Brandenburg.  Her paternal grandparents were Count Otto (The Rich) of Ascania and Princess Eilika of Saxony. She had seven brothers and three sisters, named Otto, Hermann, Siegfried, Heinrich, Adalbert, Dietrich, Bernhard, Christine, Gertrud and Adelheid.  She was the sixth oldest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 72 in March 1203.1 

Family Details of Hedwig's family with Margrave Otto (der Reiche) of Meissen

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