Hedwig d'Alsace-Nordgau de Lorraine
937–994
BIRTH 937
DEATH 13 DEC 994 • St Maximin, Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Hedwige d'Alsace-Nordgau was born in 937.1 She was the daughter of Giselbert, Duc de Lorraine and Gerberge von Sachsen.2 She married Siegfried von Luxemburg Graf von Moselgau, son of Richwin von Maasgau Graf von Bigau und Verdun and Cunegonde de Frioul, circa 950. She died on 13 December 994.
She was also known as Hadwig de Lorraine.
Children of Hedwige d'Alsace-Nordgau and Siegfried von Luxemburg Graf von Moselgau
Henri I, Comte de Luxemburg d. 1026
Liutgarde von Luxemburg b. 960, d. a 1005
Friedrich I von Luxemburg Graf im Moselgau+ b. 965, d. 6 Oct 1019
Eva von Luxemburg b. 970, d. 1029

Hedwig of Nordgau
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This is a part of a scan of an historical document: Title: Schedelsche Weltchronik or Nuremberg Chronicle
Hedwig of Nordgau (c. 922 – after 993) was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950.[1] She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. Some sources claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.[2] Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the seventh of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.[3]

Children
Hedwig of Nordgau's children included:

Henry, count of Luxemburg
Adalbert, archbishop of Trier
Luitgard, married Arnulf, Count of Holland
Eva, married count Gerard of Elzass
Cunigunde, married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Dietrich, bishop of Metz
Frederik, father of the later counts Henry II and Giselbert
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Nordgau