This event also put Adalberon in a predicament: having been elevated by Otto I to the powerful archbishopric of Reims, he was forced to leave his episcopal seat and took refuge in one of his fortresses on the Meuse river, who belonged to the Ottonian sphere.
Peristiwa ini juga menempatkan Adalberon dalam keadaan sulit: telah diangkat oleh Otto I ke keuskupan agung Reims yang kuat, ia terpaksa meninggalkan kursi episkopalnya dan berlindung di salah satu bentengnya di sungai Meuse, yang termasuk dalam wilayah Ottonian.