Hedwig Wittelsbach Duchess of Bavaria, was a 9th-century noble woman of the Holy Roman Empire, and Mother in law of Louis the Pious through his marriage to Judith her daughter.
Early life
She was born circa 780AD at Altdorf, Mittelfranken, Bayern in what was the Frankish Empire (Present Germany). She was daughter of Isanbart Des Franken. She had a sister Adalung des Franken, half brother Hunfrid I de Recia e de Istria, and brother Guelph, Count of Andech.
In her early life she was Abbess of Chelles Abbey, however, left that role to marry.
Family
In 810AD, she married Welf I of Altdorf[4][better source needed] and together they had the following children:
Through her marriage to Welf she is the matriarch of the Dynastic Welf Family[7] and is an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty, the Kings of Italy, Russia, Brittan, the Hagenéter rulers of Piedmont and the Bavarian Welfs.
Hedwig died 19 April 843 in Bayern, Frankish Empire (present Germany) and was buried in Bayern Lande.