Saint Hedwig, religious (†1243). Duchess of Silesia and Poland, aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. She was born in Bavaria, married at 12, and had 7 children. With her husband, she championed the poor and founded the hospital of Wroclaw. After the deaths of her husband and 6 children, she became a Cistercian at the convent of Trzehnicz, whose abbess was her only surviving daughter.