Wigerich

Wigerich , also Widericus , Windericus , Widiacus (* around 870; † before 922) was an early medieval count in the Duchy of Lorraine .

Possessions

Wigerich ( Widiacus ) is mentioned as an important count ( comes venerabilis ) in a royal letter from Zwentibold issued in Trier in 899 . He had grave authority over the city of Trier , as is evident from a document from Ludwig the child dated September 19, 902. In addition, he was count in 902 and 909 in Bidgau and from 915/916 Count Palatine of Lorraine, as evidenced by a certificate from Karl the Simple in the Palatinate in Herstal . Wigerich also owned the bailiwicks of the Saint Rumoldus Abbey in Mechelen (as a fiefdom of the Bishop of Liège ) and the monastery of Hastière , which were confirmed to him and his son Adalberon by a deed of Charlemagne between 911 and 915.

family

Wigerich was the brother of Abbot Friedrich von Gorze and Verdun ( Saint Vanne ). Perhaps Wigerich was a son of Count Odacar ( Ardennergau , Bidgau and Bliesgau ). In any case, he is considered to be the progenitor of the Ardennes counts ( Wigeriche ).

Wigerich was married to Kunigunde (* 890/895), a granddaughter of Ludwig the Stammler and perhaps a daughter of Reginar I of Hainaut ( Reginare ).

He founded Hastière Abbey , where he was probably buried.

Children of Wigerich and Kunigunde are:

• Gozelo (* around 914, † April 19, 942); ⚭ 930 Uda (* 905, † April 10, 963) daughter of Count Gerhard ( Matfriede )
• Adalbero I (* 910, † April 26, 962), Bishop of Metz 929–962
• Siegfried I (* 915/917, † October 26, 997), Count in the Moselgau
• Friedrich I (* 912, June 17, 978), Count of Bar and 959 Duke of Upper Lorraine
• Giselbert, Count in the Ardennergau

Comments : Often seen as Wigerich's children: Liutgard (* 915, attested on April 8, 960); ⚭ I Adalbert († 944) Count of Metz ( Matfriede ); ⚭ II Eberhard von Egisheim / Eberhard IV., Count in Nordgau († 972/973) and her brother Heinrich (mentioned in 970). There are apparently children of a Wigerich, son of Roric, attested in the area of ​​Count Wigerich (these two "Wigerich" are cited as contemporaries in the Bidgau in 909 ).

See also

• Wigeriche
• Tribe list of the Wigeriche

literature

• Leopold von Eltester :  Wigerich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 461.
• Van Droogenbroeck, FJ, 'Paltsgraaf Wigerik van Lotharingen, inspiratiebron voor de legendarische graaf Witger in de Vita Gudilae', Eigen Schoon en De Brabander 93 (2010) 113-136.
• Heinrich Beyer (Ed.): Document book on the history of the Middle Rhine territories now forming the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier. First volume. From the oldest times to the year 1169 . Coblenz 1860. Continued volumes: Leopold Eltester (2nd volume), 1865. Adam Görz (3rd volume), 1874. Volumes 4 and 5 were written by Albert Hardt and published in 2007 under the title Document Book for the History of the Middle Rhine Territories ( digitized on dilibri. de)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beyer (1860), p. 212.
2. ↑ Theodor Schieffer (Ed.): Diplomata 11: The documents of Zwentibold and Ludwig of the child (Zwentiboldi et Ludowici Infantis Diplomata). Berlin 1960, pp. 120–121 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ) Wigerich appears as Wigericus .
3. ↑ Beyer (1860), p. 216 ff. Wigerich appears as Widricus .
4. ↑ Beyer (1860), p. 322 f. Wigerich appears as Widricus .
5. ^ Henri-Camille Wampach : Document and source book on the history of the old Luxembourg territories up to the Burgundian period. I, Luxemburg 1935, pp. 164-166. Wigerich appears as Windricus .
6. ↑ Beyer (1860), p. 266.
7. ↑ Beyer (1860), p. 289 f.
8. ↑ Beyer (1860), p. 218.

predecessor	Office	successor
–––	Count Palatine of Lorraine 915–922	Gottfried von Jülich
Reginhar (as margrave)	Deputy King Charles III. from France in Lorraine 915–922	Eberhard von Franken (as Duke)