Wigerich Count Palatine

✓ Wigerich [III] (d. 916/19), Count in the Bidgau 909, Count in the Ardennes, Count Palatine of Charles the Simple 916; m. c.907/09 Cunigonde (Charles III's charter of c.915: 'comes Windricus... uxoris eius Cunegundis et unius filiorum ipsorum nostri nepotis Adelberonis'). Proven father of Bishop Adalbero of Metz and Duke Frederick I; presumed father of Gozlin (~). Ancestor of the dukes of Lorraine and the houses of Verdun and Bar. His own parents not wired. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Lower Lotharingia Nobility (Ardenne-Verdun)'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 25 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]