Gerold of Vinzgau

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Gerold of Vinzgau (also Vintzgouw or Anglachgau; 725 - 799) was a count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau.^[1] His daughter married King Charlemagne in 771.^[2] In 784 generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch 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. They had the following:

• Gerold^[2]
• Udalrich
• Hildegard, born in 754, married King Charlemagne in 771.^[2]
• probably Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans
• Eric of Friuli

Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the  [de].

References[]

Sources[]

• Lapidge, Michael (2017). Hilduin of Saint-Denis: The Passio S. Dionysii in Prose and Verse. Brill.

External links[]

• Cawley, Charles, Gerold, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,^{[self-published source][better source needed]}, Charles Cawley's "Medieval Lands", hosted at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
• Gerold, genealogie-mittelalter.de