Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau

Male - 879


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  • Name Gebhard , Count of the Lahngau  [1, 2
    Suffix Count of the Lahngau 
    Gender Male 
    Died 879  [2
    Notes 
    • Gebhard (died 879) was a mid-9th-century count in the Lahngau and the first documented ancestor of the dynasty later known as the Conradines. He was a "leading man of the [East] Franks" and a brother-in-law of Ernest, margrave of the Bavarian Nordgau. Gebhard may be a son of Odo I, Count of Orléans, if identical with Udo the Elder, count in the Lahngau from 821 to 826.

      In 838, he allied with Poppo of Grapfeld and Otgar, Archbishop of Mainz, against the rebellious Louis the German and in favour of the emperor Louis the Pious.

      He was the father of

      Udo, count in the Lahngau
      Waldo, abbot of St. Maximin's at Trier
      Bertulf, Bishop of Trier
      Berengar, count in the Hessengau

      who all rose to prominent positions in West Francia.
    Person ID I5375  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Children 
     1. Udo of Neustria
    Family ID F2137  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_of_Neustria.

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard,_Count_of_Lahngau.