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
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.

  1. Wigeric of Lotharingia CunigundaDied before 922
  2. Gozlin of Bidgau Oda of Metzc. 910 to c. 943
  3. Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun Mathilde of Saxonyc. 935 to c. 1005
  4. Gerberge of Verdun Folmar of MetzDates not established
  5. Gottfried of Metz Judith of LuxembourgDates not established
  6. Simon de ParroyeDates not established
  7. Sicard (Simon II) de ParroyeDates not established
  8. Odoin I de FrovilleDates not established
  9. Odon II de Froville Adélaïde de NeuvillerDates not established
  10. Simon de Froville Mathilde de ParroyDates not established
  11. Simon I de Parroye MathildeDates not established
  12. Albert de ParroyeDates not established
  13. Albert de Haute-Pierrec. 1172 to c. 1222
  14. Albert de Haute-PierreDied 20 October 1231
  15. Liébaud de Haute-Pierre IsabelleDied 1281
  16. Marguerite de Haute-Pierre Jean II de ToullonDates not established
  17. Thiébaud (Liébaud) de Toullonlate 13th century to c. 1343
  18. Catherine de Haute-Pierre Jacques de GircourtBorn late 13th / early 14th century
  19. Catherine de Gircourt Mengin Le Clercc. 1320 to after 1355
  20. Colin Le Clerc Marguerite PetitgoutDates not established
  21. Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny N. de Pullignyc. 1410 to c. 1465
  22. Mengin II Le Clerc MengetteDates not established
  23. Claude Leclerc de Pulligny Catherine de Trèves de Xirocourtc. 1485 to 1562
  24. Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
  25. Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
  26. Nicolas Le Clerc Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
  27. Alexandre II Le Clerc Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
  28. François 'Pierre' Le Claire Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
  29. Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
  30. 'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
  31. Johann Baptiste Le Clair Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
  32. Gottfried Leclair Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
  33. Julius Leclair Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
  34. Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
  35. Monika Ute Licklär Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
  36. Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
  37. 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. 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. 2. LeClaire family archive, internal research

    LeClaire Family Historical Archive and research ledger, House of LeClaire

    • 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.