Wigger I

Wigger I
Baron of Bitstein
Tenure967 – 981
SuccessorWigger II
BornWigger von Zeitz
925
Zeitz, Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire
Died981 (aged 55–56)
Noble familyHouse of Bilstein
FatherSiegfried I

Wigger I von Zeitz (925 – 981) was the father of a line of counts ruling from Bilstein Castle, west of Albungen (today part of Eschwege) to the Werra. The counts of Bilstein played a prominent role in Thuringia from 967 to 1301 and were third after the Ekkehardinger and Weimar-Orlamünde in terms of power and influence.

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