Famous People with Name Hedwig

Hedwig "Hedy" D'Ancona            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Hedwig "Hedy" D'Ancona: is a Dutch politician and sociologist.She was the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport and State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment for issues concerning women's liberation. She also served in the European Parliament and in the first chamber of the Dutch parliament, for the Labour Party.

Hedwig Haß            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hedwig Haß: was a German Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Hedwig Raabe            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hedwig Raabe: German actress, was born in Magdeburg, and at the age of fourteen was playing in the company of the Thalia theatre, Hamburg. In 1864, she joined the German Court theatre at St Petersburg, touring about Germany in the summer with such success that in 1868 she relinquished her Russian engagement to devote herself to starring. In 1871 she married Albert Niemann (1831–1917), the operatic tenor.

Hedwig Rieder            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Hedwig Rieder: was a Swiss Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Princess Sophia Hedwig Of Denmark            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Princess Sophia Hedwig Of Denmark: was a Danish princess, the daughter of King Christian V and his queen-consort, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). She was betrothed three times - first to John George IV, Elector of Saxony, in 1691, then Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1694, and finally to her first cousin Charles XII, King of Sweden, in 1697. However, none of the marriages transpired. The first groom broke the engagement, the second demanded she convert to Catholicism and the third did not wish to marry. Sophia Hedwig remained officially unwed, although they were rumours that she entered a secret marriage with her employee Carl Adolph von Plessen. Among her ladies-in-waiting was Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg. She had a good relationship with her reigning brother until 1721, when she left the court with her younger brother in protest at the king's marriage with Anne Sophie Reventlow.