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 Capetian king of France, and his wife, Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Family In 996 Hedwig married Reginar IV of Hainaut (947–1013). Their children were: Reginar V, Count of Mons Gisèle (998–1049), who married Wautier III d'Olhain Lambert Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy 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.

Death Following the death of her first husband, Hedwig remarried to Hugh de Dagsbourg. She died after 1013.

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