LOTHARINGIA Wigeric

Abt 0875 - Aft 0916  (> 41 years)

• Name	LOTHARINGIA Wigeric
  Birth	Abt 0875
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 19 Jan 0916	Hastière, Namur, Belgium
  Notes	Wigeric (appearing in the records as Widiacus, Windricus, Wigericus, Widricus) first appears as a Count (comes) in the Carolingian era appearing in an act of King Zwentibold on 23 January 899. His comitatus or county included at least part of the country of Bidgau, east of modern Luxembourg near Bitburg. He consented to the rights of Treves (Trier) passing to the bishop in an act of King Louis 'the Child' dated 19 September 902.[1] He gave his lands in Itzig in Woevre to the Abbey of Echternach in February 903 or 904, and witnesses a charter dated 1 January 909 where he is referred to as Count in pago Bedinse, (Count in Bidgau).[1] He gave his lands in Itzig in woevre to the Abbey of Echternach in February 903 or 904, and witnesses a charter dated 1 January 909 where he is referred to as Count whose county included at least part of the pagus of Bedinse. Wigeric is listed in a group of Frankish nobles as comes palatii (Count Palatine) dated 19 January 916.[1] However there is no record of where he was Count Palatine, so sources naming him Count Palatine of Lotharingia,[2] or Count Palatine of Aachen[3] are not supported by the primary evidence. This is the last time Wigeric appears in the records and he must have died after that date. He isn't named in a similar list of Frankish nobles dated 13 June 919 and may have died before then, but there is no proof of this. Wigeric's wife, Cunegonde married secondly Ricuin, Count of Verdun, who died 15 November 923, so Wigeric had to have died in time for this second marriage to occur.[1] Whenever he died, it occurred at the abbey of Hastière an der Maas where he was also buried.[1] Marriage A charter issued by Charles the Simple, dated somewhere between 908-915 refers to count Windricus and his wife, Cunigundis and one of their sons Adalbero, referring to Adalbero as nepos of Charles.[1] An eleventh century genealogy, names Cunegonde as the daughter of Ermentrude, and maternal granddaughter of Louis II 'the Stammerer' (le Beque), King of Western Francia, without naming her father, which would make her son Adalbero, great nephew of Charles the Simple. It is now generally accepted that Cunegonde the daughter of Ermentrude is the same person as the wife of Wigeric.[4];[5]; [6] Also see the article about Cunegonde by Stewart Baldwin for an extensive discussion.[7] Children There has also been much discussion over whether the six or seven children (depending on whether the son named Sigefroid/Siegfried is the same person as the son named Sigebert) are all fathered by Wigeric, or whether some may be with Cunegonde's second husband Ricuin, or even an unnamed third husband.[7] Werner[4] and Rösch[5] consider Wigeric the father of all six children and Baldwin, that Adalbero, Luitgard and Gozlin are definitely Wigeric's children, Frederic and Sigefroid probably his sons, and Giselbert could be either the son of Wigeric or Ricuin.[1] For the purposes of making a decision, they will all be considered the children of Wigeric with further discussion eventually on their profiles. The children are (birth dates from Werner[4] unless otherwise cited): Adalbero I, probably born in period circa 905-910,[1] succeeded as Bishop of Meta; Gozelo, born circa 910, succeeded as Count in Bidgau, married and had issue; Frederic I, born circa 912, succeeded as Count of Bar, Duke of Upper Lorraine, married and had issue; Giselbert, born circa 915, succeeded as Count in Ardennengau; Luitgard, born circa 915, married (1) Adalbert; (2) Eberhard; Siegfried, born circa 915-917, Count in Moselgau, married and had issue; Research Notes Wigeric (III) Cawley names him as Wigeric (III)[8] but there seems to be no reason to do so, as its not clear who was named Wigeric before him and and no other source uses this name. Parents The parents of Wigeric are unknown although there have been a number of possibilities proposed, none of which seem to have full support.[1] First marriage Wikipedia proposes a first marriage to Eva or Eve[2] but Baldwin considers that the existence of Eve is doubtful, and it is based on a late source that contains legendary figures.[1] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Baldwin, Stewart, 'Wigeric (Wigericus, Widricus)', version 3 August 2008, in The Henry Project: The ancestors of king Henry II of England, https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject : accessed 3 December 2018. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia contributors, "Wigeric of Lotharingia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wigeric_of_Lotharingia&oldid=845089487 (accessed December 3, 2018). ↑ Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for commoners: The complete known lineage of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa, 2nd edn, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. p. 225 (line 316:37) and others. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Werner, Karl Ferdinand, "Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen bis um das Jahr 1000 (1.-8. Generation)", in Karl der Große, vol. 4, 1967. pp. 403-483. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rösch, Siegfried, Caroli Magni Progenies, Neustadt an der Aisch: Verlag Degener, 1977. p. 141. ↑ Settipani, Christian & Van Kerrebrouck, Patrick, La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987: Premiere parte Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens, Volume 1, of Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, Villaneuve d'Ascq, 1993. p. 318. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Baldwin, Stewart, 'Cunegonde/Kunigund', version 10 June 2010, in The Henry Project: The ancestors of king Henry II of England, https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject : accessed 4 December 2018. ↑ Cawley, Charles, 'Upper Lotharingia, Nobility: Chapter 2A. Grafen von Bidgau',, updated 4 November 2018, in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Foundation of Medieval Genealogy http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/index.htm : accessed 3 December 2018,
  Person ID	I58285	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN Kunigund,   b. Abt 0890
  Marriage	Abt 0916
  Children	1. LUXEMBOURG Siegfried   d. Abt 28 Oct 0998  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LUXEMBOURG Luitgard,   b. Abt 0909, Luxembourg d. 08 Apr 0960, Nordgau, Thueringen, Germany (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. ARDENNES Gozlin,   b. Abt 0910, Lotharingia d. 18 Oct 0942 (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. LOTHARINGIA Friedrich,   b. 0912, Upper Lorraine, France d. 18 May 0978, Aachen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Age ~ 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026