Gerold of Anglachgau

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Gerold of Vinzgau
Count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau
Born	725
Died	799 (aged 74)
Family	Udalrichings
Spouse	Emma of Alemannia

Gerold of Vinzgau (also Vintzgouw or Anglachgau; d. 799) 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 was 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 754, 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 [de].

Literature

Template:MLCC, Charles Cawley's "Medieval Lands", hosted at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Gerold, genealogie-mittelalter.de