Adalbert, also known as Albert, assisted his brother Count Herbert in his marriage to Queen "Ottobega" (Eadgifu of Wessex), the mother of Louis IV of France.
Adalbert's men escorted (some sources say abducted) Ottobega from the convent in Laon where she resided to her marriage with Herbert, which in turn enraged King Louis.
Louis confiscated his mother's holdings, the abbey of Saint Mary in Laon which he gave to his wife Gerberga of Saxony and the royal fisc of Attigny.
[3] In 957, Adalbert and his brother, Robert Count of Meaux and Troyes, were adherents of King Lothair of France.
[6] Albert, Count of Vermandois, died on 8 September 987 and was succeeded by his son Herbert III.