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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerold_of_Vinzgouwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerold_of_Vinzgau Gerold of Vinzgouw was an
Alamannian nobleman, serving the Frankish King as
Margrave of the
Avarian March and
Prefect of
Bavaria. Gerold played a significant role in the integration of Bavaria into the Frankish Kingdom. Being related to the family of the
Agilolfings, he was appointed Prefect of Bavaria after the deposition of Duke
Tassilo III in 788. In 784 generous donations to the monastery of
Lorsch by Gerold and Emma are recorded.
In 799 he fell in a battle against the
Avars, a short while after his son Eric was killed by the treachery of the same. He was succeeded by his surviving sons Gerold II and Udalrich I.
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Marriage and issue
In 757, he married Emma , daughter of
Hnabi,
Duke of Alamannia. They had the following:
▪ Eric of Friuli ▪ Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of
Odo I, Count of Orléans ▪ Gerold
▪ Udalrich
▪ Hildegard, who in 771 married King
Charlemagne.
Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the
Udalrichings.