Direct ancestor
Wigeric of Lotharingia
Also recorded as Wigeric of the Ardennengau · Wigéric de Bidgau
Count in the Bidgau and count palatine of Lotharingia; founder of the house of Ardennes and father of Gozlin.
- Dates
- Died before 922
- Titles and offices
- Count in the Bidgau
- Count palatine of Lotharingia
- House or family
- House of Ardennes
- Father
- Not established
- Mother
- Not established
- Spouse
- Cunigunda
- Children in this pedigree
- Gozlin of Bidgau
- Siegfried of LuxembourgCollateral
- Frederick of BarCollateral
- Adalbero I of MetzCollateral
- Relationship to Brandon
- Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 36 generations before him.
- Evidence status
- Published Genealogy
Historical summary
His sons divided the Ardennes inheritance between three lines: Gozlin, from whom this pedigree descends by way of Verdun; Siegfried, from whom the counts and later dukes of Luxembourg descend; and Frederick, from whom the dukes of Upper Lorraine descend. Adalbero, bishop of Metz, was a fourth son.
Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire
Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 36 generations before him, through House of Ardennes, House of Ardennes-Verdun, Comital house of Metz, De Parroye. Each step below is derived from the archive’s single canonical genealogy; spouses appear on the same generational row as their partner.
- Wigeric of Lotharingia CunigundaDied before 922
- Gozlin of Bidgau Oda of Metzc. 910 to c. 943
- Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun Mathilde of Saxonyc. 935 to c. 1005
- Gerberge of Verdun Folmar of MetzDates not established
- Gottfried of Metz Judith of LuxembourgDates not established
- Simon de ParroyeDates not established
- Sicard (Simon II) de ParroyeDates not established
- Odoin I de FrovilleDates not established
- Odon II de Froville Adélaïde de NeuvillerDates not established
- Simon de Froville Mathilde de ParroyDates not established
- Simon I de Parroye MathildeDates not established
- Albert de ParroyeDates not established
- Albert de Haute-Pierrec. 1172 to c. 1222
- Albert de Haute-PierreDied 20 October 1231
- Liébaud de Haute-Pierre IsabelleDied 1281
- Marguerite de Haute-Pierre Jean II de ToullonDates not established
- Thiébaud (Liébaud) de Toullonlate 13th century to c. 1343
- Catherine de Haute-Pierre Jacques de GircourtBorn late 13th / early 14th century
- Catherine de Gircourt Mengin Le Clercc. 1320 to after 1355
- Colin Le Clerc Marguerite PetitgoutDates not established
- Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny N. de Pullignyc. 1410 to c. 1465
- Mengin II Le Clerc MengetteDates not established
- Claude Leclerc de Pulligny Catherine de Trèves de Xirocourtc. 1485 to 1562
- Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
- Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
- Nicolas Le Clerc Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
- Alexandre II Le Clerc Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
- François 'Pierre' Le Claire Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
- Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
- 'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
- Johann Baptiste Le Clair Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
- Gottfried Leclair Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
- Julius Leclair Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
- Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
- Monika Ute Licklär Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
- Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
- Brandon Noble LeClaire Abigail Jane GreenlandBorn 1995
See the generation timeline and the canonical pedigree.
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Paternal line
Not established
Maternal line
Not established
Sources for this record
Sources are listed in order of evidential weight. A contemporary record outranks a printed reference work; a printed reference work outranks a derivative pedigree or an online database.
1. Major published genealogical reference
Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
- Cited for: Sir Johann III von Mengen and his Mengen ancestry
- Cited for: His marriage to Catherine de Bauffremont
2. LeClaire family archive, internal research
LeClaire Family Historical Archive and research ledger, House of LeClaire View source
- Cited for: The reconstruction of the pedigree and the reconciliation of competing identifications
Further references
- Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens and related prosopographical studies
- Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
Wigeric of Lotharingia is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.
