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{{Short description|Duke of Lorraine}}
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{{Infobox noble
| name = Gilbert
| name = Gilbert
| title = [[Duke of Lorraine|Duke of Lotharingia]]
| title = [[Duke of Lorraine]]
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| spouse = [[Gerberga of Saxony]]
| spouse = [[Gerberga of Saxony]]
| issue = Henry<br>[[Renaud of Roucy|Alberade]]<br>Hedwige<br>[[Gerberge of Lorraine|Gerberge]]
| issue = Henry<br>[[Renaud of Roucy|Alberade]]<br>Hedwige<br>[[Gerberge of Lorraine|Gerberge]]
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| father = [[Reginar, Duke of Lorraine]]
| father = [[Reginar, Duke of Lorraine]]
| mother = Alberada
| mother = Alberada
| birth_date = 890
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| death_date = 2 October 939 (aged 49)
| death_date = 2 October 939 (aged 49)
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'''Gilbert''' (or '''Giselbert''') (c. 890 – 2 October 939) was son of [[Reginar I Longneck|Reginar]] and the brother-in-law of the [[Ottonian dynasty|Ottonian]] emperor, [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto]] I. He was [[duke of Lotharingia]] (or [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]]) until 939. Gilbert was also lay abbot of Echternach, Stablo-Malmedy, St Servatius of Maastricht, and St Maximin of Trier.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Der Herzog in Lotharingien im 10. Jahrhundert|last=Barth|first=Rüdiger|year=1990|location=Sigmaringen|pages=39–82}}</ref>
'''Gilbert''' (or '''Giselbert''') (died 2 October 939) was son of [[Reginar I Longneck|Reginar]] and the brother-in-law of Emperor [[Otto I]]. He was [[duke of Lotharingia]] (or [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]]) until 939. Gilbert was also lay abbot of Echternach, Stablo-Malmedy, St Servatius of Maastricht, and St Maximin of Trier.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Der Herzog in Lotharingien im 10. Jahrhundert|last=Barth|first=Rüdiger|year=1990|location=Sigmaringen|pages=39–82}}</ref>


The beginning of the reign of Gilbert is not clear. A ''dux Lotharingiae'' is mentioned in 910 and this may have been Gilbert. Lotharingia sided with [[Charles the Simple|Charles III]] in 911, who was deposed in [[West Francia]] in 922 by [[Robert I of France|Robert]] but remained king in Lotharingia, from where he tried to reconquer West Francia until being imprisoned in 923. In 923, Gilbert and Archbishop Ruotger of Trier invited the Ottonian king [[Henry the Fowler|Henry]] I to invade Lotharingia. In 924, Gilbert changed his allegiance over to the West Frankish king [[Rudolph of France|Rudolf]]. After Henry managed to occupy Lotharingia in 925, Gilbert swore fealty to him and Henry transferred the abbey of St Servatius of Maastricht (which had been taken from him and given to the church of Trier in 919) to Gilbert. To secure their relationship, Gilbert was also married to Henry's daughter, [[Gerberga of Saxony]].
The beginning of the reign of Gilbert is not clear. A ''dux Lotharingiae'' is mentioned in 910 and this may have been Gilbert. Lotharingia sided with [[Charles the Simple|Charles III]] in 911, who was deposed in [[West Francia]] in 922 by [[Robert I of France|Robert]] but remained king in Lotharingia, from where he tried to reconquer West Francia until being imprisoned in 923. In 923, Gilbert and Archbishop Ruotger of Trier invited the Ottonian king [[Henry the Fowler|Henry]] I to invade Lotharingia. In 924, Gilbert changed his allegiance over to the West Frankish king [[Rudolph of France|Rudolf]]. After Henry managed to occupy Lotharingia in 925, Gilbert swore fealty to him and Henry transferred the abbey of St Servatius of Maastricht (which had been taken from him and given to the church of Trier in 919) to Gilbert. To secure their relationship, Gilbert was also married to Henry's daughter, [[Gerberga of Saxony]].
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Latest revision as of 05:27, 5 December 2024

Gilbert
Duke of Lorraine
Died2 October 939 (aged 49)
Noble familyHouse of Reginar
Spouse(s)Gerberga of Saxony
IssueHenry
Alberade
Hedwige
Gerberge
FatherReginar, Duke of Lorraine
MotherAlberada

Gilbert (or Giselbert) (died 2 October 939) was son of Reginar and the brother-in-law of Emperor Otto I. He was duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine) until 939. Gilbert was also lay abbot of Echternach, Stablo-Malmedy, St Servatius of Maastricht, and St Maximin of Trier.[1]

The beginning of the reign of Gilbert is not clear. A dux Lotharingiae is mentioned in 910 and this may have been Gilbert. Lotharingia sided with Charles III in 911, who was deposed in West Francia in 922 by Robert but remained king in Lotharingia, from where he tried to reconquer West Francia until being imprisoned in 923. In 923, Gilbert and Archbishop Ruotger of Trier invited the Ottonian king Henry I to invade Lotharingia. In 924, Gilbert changed his allegiance over to the West Frankish king Rudolf. After Henry managed to occupy Lotharingia in 925, Gilbert swore fealty to him and Henry transferred the abbey of St Servatius of Maastricht (which had been taken from him and given to the church of Trier in 919) to Gilbert. To secure their relationship, Gilbert was also married to Henry's daughter, Gerberga of Saxony.

Following Henry's death in 936, Gilbert rebelled against the former's son, Otto I in 939, changing his allegiance to the West Frankish king, Louis IV. Gilbert managed to be practically independent for three years until he was defeated by the army of Otto I in 939 at the Battle of Andernach. Gilbert was made prisoner, but managed to escape; while fleeing, he drowned trying to cross the Rhine. Lorraine was given to Henry I, Duke of Bavaria.

References

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  1. ^ Barth, Rüdiger (1990). Der Herzog in Lotharingien im 10. Jahrhundert. Sigmaringen. pp. 39–82.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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Preceded by Duke of Lotharingia
915–939 		Succeeded by
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