Gerold of Vinzgau (also ''Vintzgouw'' or ''Anglachgau''; 725 - 799) was a count in
Kraichgau
The Kraichgau () is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is c ...
and Anglachgau.{{sfn, Lapidge, 2017, p=5 His daughter married King
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first E ...
in 771.{{sfn, Lapidge, 2017, p=5-6 In 784 generous donations to the monastery of
Lorsch
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Geography
Location
Lorsch lies about 5 km wes ...
by Gerold and Emma are recorded.
Marriage and issue
He was married before 754 to Emma (d. 789 or 798 or after 784), daughter of
Hnabi,
Duke of Alamannia
The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes
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on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...
. They had the following:
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*Udalrich
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Hildegard, born in 754, married King
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first E ...
in 771.{{sfn, Lapidge, 2017, p=5-6
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Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of
Odo I, Count of Orléans
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Eric of Friuli Eric (also ''Heirichus'' or ''Ehericus''; died 799) was the Duke of Friuli (''dux Foroiulensis'') from 789 to his death. He was the eldest son of Gerold of Vinzgouw and by the marriage of his sister Hildegard the brother-in-law of Charlemagne.
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Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the {{Interlanguage link multi, Udalrichings{{!Udalrichings, de, 3=Udalrichinger.
References
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Sources
*{{cite book , title=Hilduin of Saint-Denis: The Passio S. Dionysii in Prose and Verse , first=Michael , last=Lapidge , publisher=Brill , year=2017
External links
* {{MLCC , warning=1 , url=http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#GeroldUdalrichingerMImma , title-date= , title= Gerold, date=August 2012, Charles Cawley's "Medieval Lands", hosted at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Gerold genealogie-mittelalter.de
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725 births
799 deaths
8th-century dukes of Bavaria
Udalriching dynasty
8th-century rulers in Europe
Burials at the Imperial Abbey of Reichenau