Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons

Hedwig of France (c. 970 – after 1013), also called Avoise, Hadevide or Haltude, was Countess of Mons. She was the daughter of Hugh Capet, the first King of France, and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Family

In 996 Hedwig married Rainier IV of Hainaut (947–1013). They had children:

• Reginar V, Count of Mons. Married Mathilde of Verdun, daughter of Herman, Count of Brabant.
• Lambert of Mons
• Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy, and Archbishop of Rheims.
• Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three; buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium. The burial came to light during an excavation. A lead cross, inscribed with her name and that of her parents, was found in the tomb.

Following the death of her first husband, Hedwig re-married to Hugh de Dagsbourg. She died after 1013.