Haduwy from Herford

Hedwig von Herford

Haduwy , also known as Hedwig (* around 810/811; † 887 ), was abbess of the Herford women's monastery from before 858 until her death in 887 .

Haduwy came from an influential noble family. She was a daughter of Count Asig (Esiko) in the Saxon Hessengau , the namesake of the Esikonen , and therefore granddaughter of Count Ekbert and St. Ida von Herzfeld . Her brother, Count Cobbo the Younger , succeeded his father Asig as Count in the Saxon Hessengau.

After the death of her husband Amelung II , son of Billunger Bennid I and nephew of Count Cobbo the Elder , around 849 and their sons Amelung III. and Bennid II, she made a large foundation for the salvation of the deceased for the souls of the deceased for the Corvey monastery in its immediate vicinity in the Saxon Hessengau and then entered the clergy himself. After the death of her aunt Addila , she was her successor as abbess at Herford Abbey.

It was thanks to her work and that of her brother Cobbo that in 860 the bones of St. Pusinna were transferred from her hermitage Binson ("vicus bausionensis" near Châlons-en-Champagne near Corbie ) to Herford Abbey . As a result, the monastery gained considerably in spiritual importance and was later given the name “St. Marien and Pusinna ”.

Web links

• Haduwy von Herford, at Genealogy Middle Ages