BAYERN Hedwig

Aft 0850 - 0903  (< 51 years)

• Name	BAYERN Hedwig
  Birth	Aft 0850	Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia, Preußen
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Dec 0903	Sachsen, Germany
  Notes	Hedwig "Hathwiga" Hathui (850/5 - 24 Dec 903)[2] Parents Father: Heinrich Babenberger (d. ante Sep 886; p. unknown) Mother: (disputed) Baba UNKNOWN (d. after 864),[3] or Engeltrudis UNKNOWN[4][1] Marriage m. Otto "der Erlauchte," Graf im Sudthüringau und Eichsfeld.[5] Issue: 7[6] (dau) _____ (b. 865/70) m. Ekkehard Thankmar (d. ante 30 Nov 912) Liudolf (d. ante 30 Nov 912) Heinrich I, King of Germany (876 - 02 Jul 936 Memleben) Oda (unproven) Liutgard "Dodica" (d. 21 Jan 923) (unproven) Irminburg (d. ante 936) The Frankish Babenbergers or Popponen originated in the Grabfeldgau (border region between southern Thuringia and northern Bavaria). The earliest known ancestor of the Frankish Babenbergers was Poppo, probably a son of Cancor of the Robertians. In this sense, the Popponen were an early secondary line of Robertians, from which the French royal family of the Capetians emerged. The Popponen were named from Poppo, who was an early 9th century Graf in Grabfeldgau that lies on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia. One of his sons was Heinrich, the first Princeps Militiae appointed by Louis the Younger (Ludwig dem Jüngeren). In the time of Charles the Fat (Karls des Dicken), Heinrich's family was preferred as Francorum marchio (Margrave of the Franks) and dux Austrasiorum (Duke of the Austrasians). He fought in 886 in a battle against the Normans. His brother, Poppo II, was at the same time Margrave of Thuringia (880-892), but under Charles' successor, Arnulf, his position was discontinued. The position was awarded to the Conradines of Lahngau as a result of Oda's marriage with Arnulf. The rivalry between the two Frankish Counts of Franconia, the Babenbergers and the Conradines, was intensified by the effort of each to establish their authority in the central Main region. This conflict, known as the Babenberger Feud, reached its peak at the beginning of the 10th century during the troubled East Frankish reign of Louis IV the Child ( Ludwig IV des Kindes). The leaders of the Frankish Babenbergers were the three sons of Duke Heinrich - Adalbert, Adalhard, and Heinrich - who from Babenburg (Babenberch Castrum) declared the region theirs. When the Frankish Babenbergers in 902 incorporated parts of the territory of the Diocese of Würzburg as part of their own, King Louis IV, in return for a payment, gave the territory over to Bishop Rudolf of Würzburg, a Conradine. This led to years of feuding between the two Houses. Iniitially, Graf Adalbert drove the Bishop of Würzburg from the territory, which prompted the Conradine Counts Gebhard and Eberhard to come to his aid, sending men into Hesse. Finally in 906, in an attack on the Babenbergers by the Conradines at Fritlar, Conrad and Heinrich fought each other. Gebhard took blood revenge on Adalhard for the death of his brother Eberhard, who was earlier killed by him. The only survivor among the Babenberger brothers was Adalbert, who was called to answer to the Royal Court for his actions by Chancellor and Regent for Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz, a supporter of the Conradines. Adalbert refused to appear and held out for some time in his castle (now in Obertheres Haßfurt) against the royal army. Nonetheless, in 906, he was compelled to leave his refuge by Hatto, who despite a promise for safe conduct, captured, convicted, and beheaded him. The son of Conrad, Conrad the Younger, became the undisputed Duke of Franconia (and in 911, as Conrad I, King of the East Frankish Kingdom), while the Babenbergers lost most of their possessions and offices in Franconia. Adalbert's son, Heinrich von Babenberg, survived the feud. It is believed that he was the father of the Count of Schweinfurt and the progenitor of the younger Babenberger line. Sources ↑ Some argue for Ingeltrudis of Friuli, but dates are off.[1] Stuart, R. (1998). Royalty for Commoners, (3rd ed). Weis, F. (1992). Ancestral Roots, (7th ed). 141-17, for a discussion of Hedwig's possible ancestry. Stuart, who seems to understand Weis, offers Robert Stimmels professed ancestry for Hedwig. Wikipedia: Hedwiga http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popponen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafen_von_Lauffen http://www.apfelweibla.de/10__jahrhundert_bamberg_902.htm http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_van_Babenberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Duke_of_Saxony http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberg http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grabfeld http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwiga MEDIEVAL LANDS: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley 2000-2018. Zu den fränkischen Babenbergern: Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, III.1, T. 54, 1984 http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Europ%C3%A4ische_Stammtafeln darin benutzt: Alfred Friese: Studien zur Herrschaftsgeschichte des fränkischen Adels. Der mainländisch-thüringische Raum vom 7.–11. Jahrhundert. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-12-913140-X (Geschichte und Gesellschaft - Bochumer historische Studien 18), (Zugleich: Bochum, Univ., Habil.-Schr.). Ferdinand Geldner: Neue Beiträge zur Geschichte der „alten Babenberger“. Meisenbach, Bamberg 1971, ISBN 3-87525-023-0 (Bamberger Studien zur fränkischen und deutschen Geschichte 1). Wolfgang Metz: Babenberger und Rupertiner in Ostfranken. In: Jahrbuch für fränkische Landesforschung. Band 18, 1958, ISSN 0446-3943, S. 295–304. --- Main text in English:
  Person ID	I58007	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	of FRANCONIA Heinrich (Babenberg),   b. Abt 0825, Babenberg Castle, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany d. 0886, Paris (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	UNKNOWN Baba   d. Aft 0864
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F25880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LIUDOLFING Otto,   b. Abt 0836, Olde Sachsen, Germany d. 30 Nov 0912, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. LIUDOLFING Oda,   b. 0875, Sachsen, Germany d. 02 Jul 0952, Lothringen, Germany (Age ~ 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LIUDOLFING Heinrich,   b. 0876, Saxony, Germany d. 02 Jul 0936, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (Age ~ 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026