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Also known as Gilbert Duke of Lorraine
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Gilbert (or Giselbert) (c. 890-2 October 939) was the duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine) until 939.

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 925, Gilbert swore fealty to King Henry the Fowler of Germany as duke of Lotharingia. Gilbert married Henry's daughter Gerberga of Saxony by 930. Gilbert rebelled when Henry died in 936 and changed allegiance to Louis IV of France, where the king had less authority. Gilbert managed to be practically independent for three years until he was defeated by the army of king Otto I of Germany in 939 at the Battle of Andernach. Gilbert was made prisoner, and succeeded in fleeing but drowned while trying to cross the Rhine. Lorraine was given to Henry I, Duke of Bavaria.

Died:
Battle of Andernach

Gilbert married von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga in 928. Gerberga (daughter of of Sachsen, Heinrich I and von Ringelheim, Saint Mathilde) was born on 10 Jun 913 in Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany; was christened on 4 Aug 914 in Markneukirchen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried on 22 May 984 in Reims Cathedral, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Lorraine, Countess Alberada was born on 9 Jul 930 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 18 Mar 972 in Coucy-Le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried after 18 Mar 972 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
2. de Lorraine, Gerberge was born in 935 in France; died on 7 Sep 978 in France.