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Hedwig Herzogin alias Hedwige of Formbach or Countess of Formbach or Hedwig von Formbach
Birth date is a guess, both 1050 and 1058 have been proposed in the literature, listed above is before 1059, the year her father was most likely killed; birth place unknown; CLN von Supplinburg is incorrect and was deleted, it was the name of her first husband and she was married again after his death - kept von Formbach as CLN; for a death date estimates of between 1090 and 1093 are most prevalent, after 1190 was entered in data field; death place is also not known.
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"Hedwig’s first husband was Gebhard of Supplinburg.[1] According to the Sächsische Weltchronik, Gebhard had to overcome the resistance of his rivals, the Counts of Goseck, relatives of Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen, who tried to have the marriage annulled. After Gebhard’s death in June 1075 at the Battle of Langensalza, Hedwig married Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine (as his first wife).[3]"