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Hedwig was married to Henry the Bearded, Duke of Silesia-a territory that straddles the Polish, German and Czech borders. Henry and Hedwig had seven children, including the deliciously named Konrad the Curly, and then in 1209-perhaps not surprisingly-they took vows of abstinence. By then, the Duchess was already displaying distinctly saintly tendencies; she founded a hospital for female lepers, and she treated the nuns in the local convents with disconcerting reverence:
海德薇嫁給了西里西亞公爵“長須”亨利。公爵的領地橫跨今日的波蘭、德國直至捷克邊境，他與海德薇共育有7個子女，其中包括名字很悅耳的“鬈發”康拉德。1209年，兩人宣誓禁欲，這也許并不讓人意外，因為當時公爵夫人的行為已有明顯的圣人傾向。她為女麻風病患者修建一所醫院，對當地修道院修女的禮遇甚至到了讓人不安的程度：
"She used the water in which the nuns had washed their feet to wash her eyes, often her entire face. And more wonderful yet, she used this same water to rinse the faces and heads of her small grandchildren, her son's children. She was firmly convinced that the sanctity of the nuns who had touched the water would profit the children's salvation."
她用修女們洗過腳的水來洗自己的眼睛，常常也一并洗整張臉。更驚人的是，她也用這樣的水來清洗她孫子孫女們的臉和頭。她堅定地認為，使用過這些水的修女們的圣潔能讓自己的后輩得到救贖。
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