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[]
- Cawley, Charles. "Gerold". Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.,[better source needed], Charles Cawley's "Medieval Lands", hosted at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- Gerold, genealogie-mittelalter.de
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