HUGO [VIII], son of HUGO [VII] "Raucus" Graf im Nordgau & his wife --- ([970/75][226]-). The Notitiæ Altorfenses names "comitis Eberhardi sive comitis Hugonis vel istorum fratrum Gerhardi et Maffridi"[227]. His birth date range is estimated from the birth of his son Pope Leo in 1002. The Vita of Pope Leo IX names "patre Hugone [...natione Teutonicus, imperatoris Conradi consobrinus] matre...Heilewide [...Latina]" as the parents of the Pope[228]. Hugo´s precise family relationship with Emperor Konrad II has not been traced. Graf im Nordgau und zu Egisheim.
m HEILWIG von Dagsburg, daughter of LUDWIG Graf von Dagsburg & his wife --- (-1046). The Vita of Pope Leo IX names "patre Hugone [...natione Teutonicus, imperatoris Conradi consobrinus] matre...Heilewide [...Latina]" as the parents of the Pope[229]. Her parentage is confirmed by the Chronique of Jean de Bayon which names"Ludovicocomite de Dagesburg, avo S. Leonis papæ noni" as founder of the monastery of Saint-Quirin[230].
Hugo [VIII] & his wife had [eight] children