Context: 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. She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. Some sources list her as the daughter of count Eberhard IV of Nordgau and Luitgard of Lotharingia. Others claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. 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., Arnulf, also known as "Aernout" or "Arnold" succeeded his father in 988 as Count in Frisia. He was born in 951 in Ghent and because of this he is also known as "Arnulf of Ghent". Arnulf was the son of Dirk II, Count of Holland and Hildegard, thought to be a daughter of Arnulf of Flanders., The Holy Roman Emperor (historically "" "Emperor of the Romans") was the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. From an autocracy in Carolingian times the title evolved into an elected monarchy chosen by the Prince-electors. Until the Reformation the Emperor elect ("imperator electus") was required to be crowned by the Pope before assuming the imperial title., Kaufungen is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the narrow valley of the river Losse, surrounded by the steep, wooded hills of the Kaufunger Wald, approx. 10 kilometres east of Kassel., Lithuania (UK and US: ), officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in Northern Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.9 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family., Lutgardis of Luxembourg , also known as Liutgardis , Liutgarde and Lutgard , ( 955 -- ca . 1003 or possibly later ) was a daughter of Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau . Her sister was Cunigunde of Luxembourg . She married Arnulf , Count of Holland . They had three children : Dirk III of Holland , for whom she acted as regent from 993 to 1005 Siegfried of Holland ( 985 -- 1030 ) , married Thetburga ( 985 -- ) Adelina of Holland As the sister - in - law of Emperor Henry II , she enjoyed considerable influence . With his help she managed to maintain the county for her son Dirk III , acting as regent . On 20 September 993 , Liutgard donated her properties at Rugge to Saint Peter 's abbey of Ghent for the soul of her husband . According to Thietmar 's Chronicle , possibly in June 1005 , she made peace with the West - Frisians through mediation by Emperor Henry . The date of Lutgardis ' death is not clear in view of conflicting sources including Annales Egmundani . It may well have been in 1005 or even later . She was buried in Egmont ., Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is, together with Brussels and Strasbourg, one of the three official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the European Court of Justice, the highest juridical authority in the EU. Its culture, people and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbors, making it essentially a mixture of French and Germanic cultures. The repeated invasions by its neighbor countries, especially in World War II, resulted in the country's strong will for mediation between France and Germany and led to the foundation of the European Union., Dirk II or Theoderic II (920/930  6 May 988) was Count in Frisia (west of the Vlie) and Holland. He was the son of Count Dirk I and Geva (or Gerberge)., Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB (c. 975  3 March 1040 at Kaufungen), also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II, and a Catholic Saint. She served as interim Regent after the death of her spouse in 1024. She is a Roman Catholic saint and the Patroness of Luxembourg and Lithuania; her feast day is 3 March., Latin (Latin: ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets., Ghent  is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province and after Antwerp the largest municipality of Belgium. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. It is a port and university city., Subject: lutgardis of luxemburg, Relation: place_of_birth, Options: (A) brussels (B) eu (C) france (D) frisia (E) germany (F) ghent (G) hesse (H) holland (I) holy roman empire (J) ii (K) kaliningrad oblast (L) latvia (M) lithuania (N) luxembourg (O) march (P) of (Q) republic (R) roman (S) saxon (T) strasbourg (U) sweden (V) university city (W) wald
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