[1] As the son of Adalrich and Berswinda,[1] Adalbert was created Count of the Sundgau by his father in about 683.
Under Adalbert, Etichonid control of the offices of the duchy of Alsace and of the monasteries of the region became entrenched.
He founded the convent of Saint Stephen at Strasbourg and installed his daughter Attala as its first abbess.
In 722, he established a monastery in honour[1] of the Saint Michael the Archangel on an island in the Rhine north of Strasbourg.
[1] The first two entered the nunnery of their aunt Odilia at Hohenburg, where Eugenia eventually succeeded Saint Odile as abbess.