Raised by her grandmother, an abbess, she was, as were so many royal women, married off for political purposes. In her case it was to Henry the Fowler of Saxony, who became King of Germany. During her life in Germany she founded several abbeys and was noted for her charity. Her children include: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Henry the Quarrelsome, Duke of Bavaria Saint Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne Gerberga, married to King Louis IV of France Hedwig, mother of Hugh Capet, first of the Capetian dynasty in France |