He received also the advocacy of the Abbey of Saint Rumbold[Note 1] at Mechelen from King Charles the Simple of West Francia.
Medieval historians have been unable to precisely pin down Wigeric's origins or rise to power.
[1]: 16 At the death of Louis the Child, the Lotharingians rejected the suzerainty of Conrad I and elected Charles of France as their king.
Wigeric founded the monastery of Hastière (French: L'abbaye d'Hastière) now in Hastière-par-delà(fr),[2] of which he also assumed the advocacy.
The Ardennes family extended from Laon and Reims to Trier and Cologne, from Metz and Verdun to Liège and Antwerp.