Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine

Gebhard of Lahngau (c. 860/868 – 22 June 910), of the Conradine dynasty, son of Odo (aka Udo, died 879), count of Lahngau, and Judith, was himself count of Wetterau (909–910) and Rheingau (897–906) and then duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine).

In 903, Louis the Child, king of Germany, gave him the government of Lotharingia with the title of duke (Kebehart dux regni quod a multis Hlotharii dicitur[1]).[2] Gebhard died in battle against the Magyars, somewhere by Augsburg.[2]

With his wife Ida, he had two children:

Ancestry

Ancestors of Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine
4. Gebhard of the Lahngau
2. Udo of Neustria
1. Gebhard of Lorraine
12. Welf
6. Conrad I of Auxerre
26. Isambart
13. Hedwig of Bavaria
27. Thiedrada
3. Judith of Auxerre
28. Luitfrid II of Sundgau
14. Hugh of Tours
29. Hiltrude of Wormsgau
7. Adelaide of Tours
15. Ava

References

  1. ^ Stingl 1974, p. 101.
  2. ^ a b Reuter 2013, p. 131.
  3. ^ a b Reuter 2006, p. 696.

Sources

  • Reuter, Timothy, ed. (2006). The New Cambridge Medieval History, c. 900–c. 1024. Vol. III. Cambridge University Press.
  • Reuter, Timothy (2013). Germany in the Middle Ages, c. 800–1056. Routledge.
  • Stingl, Herfried (1974). Die Entstehung der deutschen Stammesherzogtümer: am Anfang des 10 (in German). David Brown Book Company.


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