Gerold of Vinzgau
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gerold of Vinzgau (also Vintzgouw or Anglachgau; d. 784/786 or 795) was a count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau. His daughter married King Charlemagne in 771. In 784 generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch by Gerold and Emma are recorded.
Marriage and issue
He married by 758 to Emma (d. 789 or 798 or after 784), daughter of Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia. They had the following:
- Gerold
- Udalrich
- Hildegard, born in 758, married King Charlemagne in 771.
- probably Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans
- Eric of Friuli (?), not listed on the site of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the Udalrichings.
Literature
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.,[better source needed], Charles Cawley's "Medieval Lands", hosted at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- Gerold, genealogie-mittelalter.de
