Wigerich Lothringen, Count of the Bidgau

Abt 875 - Aft 916  (> 41 years)

• Name	Wigerich Lothringen
  Title	Count of the Bidgau
  Birth	Abt 875
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 19 Jan 916	Belgium
  Person ID	I9828	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Cunigunda of Sulichgau, Countess Of Treves And Ardennes ,   b. Abt 880   d. 923, Aix-La-Chapelle, France (Age 43 years)
  Children	+ 1. Siegfried Luxembourg,   b. Abt 922, France d. Abt 28 Oct 998 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

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  Death - Aft 19 Jan 916 - Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Wigeric or Wideric (German: Wigerich; French: Wigéric or Wéderic; died b e f o r e 9 23) was a Frankish nobleman and the count of the Bidgau (pagus B e d e n s is) and held the rights of a count within the city of Trier. He re c e i v e d also the advocacy of the Abbey of Saint Rumbold at Mechelen from K i n g C h a rles the Simple of West Francia. From 915 or 916, he was the cou n t p a l a tine of Lotharingia. He was the founder of the House of Ardennes .