Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Alsace, Lorraine, France; Count in the Duchy of Lorraine
• FSID: LZPK-P7H

Notes:

Wideric (German: Wigerich; French: Wigéric or Wéderic; died before 923) was a Frankish nobleman and the count of the Bidgau (pagus Bedensis) and held the rights of a count within the city of Trier. He received also the advocacy of the Abbey of Saint Rumbold[Note 1] at Mechelen from Charles III, King of West Francia. From 915 or 916, he was the count palatine of Lotharingia. He was the founder of the House of Ardennes.

Medieval historians have been unable to precisely pin down Wigeric's origins or rise to power. He possessed lands in the region of Bitburg, in the middle Moselle valley, in the Gutland, the western Eifel, and the Meuse region.[1]: 16

At the death of Louis the Child, the Lotharingians rejected the suzerainty of Conrad I and elected Charles of France as their king. At the time, the military authority in Lotharingia was assigned to Count Reginar I of Hainaut (died 915), but at his death it fell to Wigeric, who became count palatine, exercising as such the military authority in Lotharingia.

Wigeric founded the monastery of Hastière (French: L'abbaye d'Hastière) now in Hastière-par-delà(fr),[2] of which he also assumed the advocacy.

There is no historical trace of Wigeric after 919: he probably died between 916 and 919, and was buried in the monastery of Hastière.[1]

Family and descendants
Wigeric's first wife Eva died, leaving him a widower. He then married Cunigunda, daughter of Ermentrude, daughter of Louis II of France, and therefore a descendant of Charlemagne.[1] Their children were:

Gozlin (911–942), count of Bidgau, married Uda of Metz, father of:
Godfrey the Prisoner
Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims
Frederick (912–978), count of Bar, the duke of Upper Lorraine from 959
Adalberon (died 962), bishop of Metz
Gilbert (died 964), count in the Ardennes
Sigebert (fl. c. 942)
Siegfried, (c.922–998), count of Luxembourg
Wigeric and Cunigunda were the founders of the dynasty of the House of Ardennes. Its three branches, Ardennes-Verdun, Ardennes-Bar, and Ardennes-Luxembourg, dominated Lorraine for a century and a half. The Ardennes family extended from Laon and Reims to Trier and Cologne, from Metz and Verdun to Liège and Antwerp. Its descendants were to appear in the following positions:

Dukes of Upper and Lower Lorraine (959–1046 and 1012–1100, respectively)
Bishops of Metz (929–1072)
Bishops of Laon (977–1031)
Bishops of Reims (969–989)
Bishops of Verdun (984–988)
Bishops of Trier (1004–1015)[1]
Primary sources
Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project on Wigerich III, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
He is first attested in 899 as count Widiacus in a charter of King Zwentibold in Trier [1].
A Wigericus, with comital rights in Trier, appears in a diploma of Louis IV dated 19 September 902: MGH Diplomata.
He is usually identified with Widricus, count of the Bidgau, of a charter of Saint-Maximin dated 1 January 909 [2].
He appears in a diploma of Charles III (between 911 and 915) as Windricus and his son Adalberon and he received the fiefs and the advocacy of the abbeys of Saint Rumbolds at Mechelen and Hastière. The margrave of Neustria, Robert, and Reginar, margrave in Lotharingia, gave their consent.
He appears for the first time with the title "count palatine" in a diploma of Charles as well, this time as Widricus, dated 19 January 916 at Herstal [3].
Footnotes
The abbey founded by St. Rumbold in the 6th, 7th or 8th centuries and a 9th-century St. Rumbold's abbey church subordinate to the bishops of Liège are assumed to have been located in the Holm, higher grounds a little outside the later city walls of Mechelen. A 9th-century St. Rumbold's Chapel in the city centre stood until 1580, was rebuilt in 1597 and demolished in 1798. After Prince-Bishop Notger's founding of the St. Rumbold's Chapter around 1000, an adjacent collegiate church was built and its parish title was handed to the chapter in 1134. Most likely on its spot, already from around the start of the 13th century onwards, the well-known Saint Rumbold's Church was built, consecrated in 1312, and functions as metropolitan cathedral since 1559. This edifice never belonged to the abbey. Source: Sint-Romboutskerk (ID: 74569), VIOE (Retrieved 29 July 2011)

Wigerich married de France, Countess Cunigunda in 909. Cunigunda (daughter of de France, Ermentrude) was born in 893; died in 923 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8K2-9TL

Family/Spouse: of Nordgau, Eberhard IV. Eberhard (son of of Nordgau, Hughes V and de Ferrdis, Hildegard) was born in 918; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Ardennes
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lorrain
• FSID: GSFP-764

Gozelon married of Metz, Oda in 930 in France. Oda (daughter of of Metz, Gerhard I and of Saxony, Oda) was born in 911 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was christened in Alsace, Lorraine, France; died on 7 Apr 963 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Ardennes
• FSID: LZ9M-HWG

Notes:

"Sigfried (or Siegfried) was count of the Ardennes and the first person to rule Luxembourg. He was an advocate of the abbeys of St. Maximin in Trier and Saint Willibrord in Echternach. He MAY have been the son of Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda. He was the founder of the House of Luxembourg, a branch of the House of Ardennes."

"In the mid-10th century, Siegfried acquired the rocky promontory known as Lucilinburhuc (Luxembourg) and its immediate surrounding area, as well as usage rights for the river from the Abbey of Saint-Maximin in Trier; this was in exchange for land he owned near Feulen."

"Around 950, he married Hedwig of Nordgau (937–992), daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau. They had the following issue:
- Henry I of Luxembourg
- Siegfried
- Frederick I
- Dietrich II
- Adalberon
- Gislebert
- Cunigunda
- Eve
- Ermentrude
- Luitgarde
- a daughter [that married Thietmar]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfried,_Count_of_the_Ardennes

[NB: Information sourced from Wikipedia is subject to change by third-parties. Follow the URL noted above to review the latest content.]

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Siegfried married of Nordgau, Hedwig in 950. Hedwig (daughter of of Nordgau, Eberhard IV and de Lorraine, Lutgard) was born in 922; died in 993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9M85-YGM

Notes:

PARENTS ARE UNKNOWN:
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm#_ftnref31
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Nordgau

"Hedwig of Nordgau was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950. She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. [...]"

Hedwig of Nordgau (c. 922 – after 993) was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950.[1] She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for certain. Some sources claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.[2] Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the seventh of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.[3]

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Hedwig married of Luxemburg, Siegfried I in 950. Siegfried (son of de Lorraine, Wigerich and de France, Countess Cunigunda) was born in 922 in Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 28 Oct 998 in Luxembourg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Ardennes-Verdun
• Nickname: The Captive
• FSID: 94HZ-CG3
• Appointments / Titles: 959; Count of Bidgau and Methingau
• Appointments / Titles: Between 963 and 1005, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France; Count of Verdun
• Military: 969, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium; Antwerp and Ename; Margraviate
• Appointments / Titles: 974, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; Count

Notes:

Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
Died 1002
Noble family House of Ardennes-Verdun
Spouse(s) Matilda Billung of Saxony
Father Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau
Mother Oda of Metz
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive[1] (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun [1][2] 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the Margraviate of Antwerp and Ename. Between 974 and 998, he was also the sovereign count of Hainault and Mons. He was the son of Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, and Oda of Metz.[3] He was the brother of Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims, who crowned Hugh Capet the king of France.

He was the founder of the House of Ardennes-Verdun, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes. He was always loyal to the Ottonians, whom he was related through his maternal grandmother.

Contents
1 Life
2 Family
3 Notes
4 References
Life
He is styled as Count by the grace of God of [2] in 963 and already count of Bidgau and Methingau through inheritance since 959. In 974, he became count of Mons, and Hainault jointly with Arnold, Count of Valenciennes, after the fall of Reginar IV. Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, was a supporter of Reginar and defeated Godfrey and Arnold at Mons in 976, where the former was captured.

After his release, he was at the side of the Emperor Otto II fighting Lothair of France at Verdun in 985, but he was again taken captive, along with his son Frederick, and held several years.[4][5] He was released in 987 by Hugh Capet, whose political ally was Adalberon, Godfrey's brother,[6] having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's Carolingian rival.[6]

In 989, he was made prisoner a third time by Herbert III of Vermandois. He was liberated before 995, when he appears at the synod of Mousson. In 998, he lost his Hainault portion (the county of Mons) to Reginar IV.

Family
In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders.[7] He had the following issue:

Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun[8]
Godfrey (d. 1023), duke of Lower Lorraine (1012–1023)[8]
Adalberon (d. 988), bishop of Verdun (984–988)[9]
Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1022)[8]
Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023–1044) and later also Upper (1033–1044) Lorraine
Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau
Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes
Adela, married Count Godizo of Aspelt. Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck, son of Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark.

Family/Spouse: von Sachsen, Mathilde Billung. Mathilde (daughter of Billung, Hermann and von Sachsen, Oda) was born in 937 in Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 25 May 1008 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; was buried after 25 May 1008 in Abbey of Saint Pierre-Du-Mont Blandin, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 945D-J9Y
• Death: 14 May 1005, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm#Liutgarddiedafter1005

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#Arnulfdied993

Liutgard married of Holland, Arnulf in May 980. Arnulf (son of of Friesland, Dietrich II and van Vlaanderen, Hildegard) was born in 952; died on 18 Sep 993 in Winkel, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried after 18 Sep 993 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 945D-J9Y
• Death: 14 May 1005, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm#Liutgarddiedafter1005

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#Arnulfdied993

Liutgard married of Holland, Arnulf in May 980. Arnulf (son of of Friesland, Dietrich II and van Vlaanderen, Hildegard) was born in 952; died on 18 Sep 993 in Winkel, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried after 18 Sep 993 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Ardennes
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Lorraine
• FSID: LDW2-HFV

Notes:

geni.com
Duchess Adelaide d'Ardennes of Lorraine
Finnish: duchesse Adelaide d'Ardennes de Lorraine, Swedish: Adelaide d'Ardennes, duchesse de Lorraine, Dutch: Hertogin Adelheid der Ardennen van Lotharingen
Also Known As: "Dutchess of Lorraine"
Birthdate: circa 959 (31)
Birthplace: Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Death: 990 (27-35)
Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Godefroi I the Captive, count of Ardennes and Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders
Wife of Graaf Van Laon Karel Hertog Hertog van Opper- Lotharingen and Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie
Mother of Ermengarde; Otto De Lorraine; Gerberge and Adelaide de Lorraine, comtesse de Lower Lorraine
Sister of Comte van Verdun Godefroy Herzog von Niederlothringen, II; Gerberge de Verdun, comtesse; Hermann, comte de Verdun et d'Enham; Gothelo I "the Great", duke of Lorraine; Irmgard, comtesse de Verdun; Roger de Verdun, Governor of Ambriences Castle; Frédéric de Verdun; Regilla de Verdun; comte Adalberto Evêque de Vermandois, II and Ermentrude von Lothringen de Verdun « less
Half sister of Arnulf II the Young, count of Flanders

Adelais de Troyes
Also Known As: "Adelheid /De Vermandois/"
Birthdate: circa 950
Death: circa 991 (32-49)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert de Vermandois, comte de Meaux et de Troyes and Adélaïde-Wera de Bourgogne, Chalon et Troyes

Wife of Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie

Mother of
Otton, duc de Basse-Lotharingie;
Ermengarde;
Gerberge;
Adélaïde;
Louis; C
harles and
Jutta de Basse-Lotharingie « less

Sister of Archambaud de Vermandois; Arnulf de Ganelon; Adele de Meaux (de Vermandois); Heribert V "le jeune" de Vermandois, comte de Troyes and Gersende de Gascoigne

Adelaide married de Lorraine, Charles I in 969 in Normandy, France. Charles (son of of the West Franks, King Louis IV and von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga) was born in 953 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 21 May 992 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; was buried on 21 May 992 in Sint-Servatius, Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Ponthieu de Normandie
• FSID: L28D-TJH

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudouin_II_de_Boulogne

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enguerrand_Ier_de_Ponthieu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelina_of_Holland

Adelina married de Boulogne, Baudouin II in 1003 in Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Baudouin (son of de Boulogne, Arnulf III and de Desvres, Adeline) was born in 990 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1033 in Abbey of Samer-aux-Bois, Ognolles, Oise, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]