de Lorraine, Gilbert

880 - 939  (59 years)

• Name	de Lorraine, Gilbert  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	880	Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	L8YY-PH5
  Death	2 Oct 939	Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  	Battle of Andernach
  Burial	Aft 2 Oct 939	Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   [4]
  Person ID	I35559	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga,   b. 10 Jun 913, Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany d. 5 May 984, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	928  [3, 5]
  Children	1. de Lorraine, Countess Alberada,   b. 9 Jul 930, Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France d. 18 Mar 972, Coucy-Le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 41 years)  [natural]   2. de Lorraine, Gerberge,   b. 935, France d. 7 Sep 978, France (Age 43 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F14148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 880 - Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Death - 2 Oct 939 - Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Burial - Aft 2 Oct 939 - Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Also known as Gilbert Duke of Lorraine http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(LOWER)%20NOBILITY.htm#Giselbertdied939 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S844] WORLD: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. http://fmg.ac/ [S828] WORLD: The Peerage. https://thepeerage.com [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia. https://www.wikipedia.org/ [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/ [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree. https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name