Dabo Edvige, or Heilwige or Hedwige, also of Dagsburg (around 980 - 1046), was a French Countess, daughter of Luigi di Dabo, Count of Dagsbourg and Judith of Oehningen. Biography modifies wikitesto
In the year 1000 he married Ugo IV of Nordgau, Count Nordgau (Lower Alsace), which allowed the latter to consolidate his power in Alsace.
On June 21, 1002 gave birth to a son, Bruno, who will become bishop of Toul and in 1049 he will become pope with the name of Leo IX.
The name of Edvige of Dabo and her husband, Count Ugo IV, will be associated with the castle of Alto-Eguisheim (Haut-Rhin), perhaps the oldest castle in Alsace still intact. In 1046, Edvige founded a double monastery, the monastery of Oelenberg, which became a simple monastery after the departure of the religious for Cernay in 1273. Notemodify wikitesto
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