Gerhard I of Metz, Count of Metz
Ca 875 - 910 (~ 35 år)-
Navn Gerhard I of Metz Suffiks Count of Metz Født Ca 875 Kjønn Mann Død 22 Jun 910 Person ID I502184 Haslund Sist endret 15 Jul 2019
Far Adalhard of Metz, Count of Metz and Mozelgau, f. Ca 840, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France 
, d. 2 Jan 890, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France (Alder ~ 50 år) Mor Adalarda, d. Ja, ukjent dato Famile ID F500766 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
Familie Oda of Saxony, f. 877, d. Ett 952 (Alder > 76 år) Gift Ett 13 Aug 900 Barn 1. Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, f. Ca 905, d. Ett 949 (Alder ~ 45 år) 2. Oda of Metz, f. Ca 910, d. 10 Apr 963 (Alder ~ 53 år) Sist endret 15 Jul 2019 Famile ID F500764 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
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Notater Gerhard I of Metz (c. 875 – 22 Jun 910) was count of Metz. He was the son of Adalhard (c. 850 – 2 Jan 890), count of Metz, himself son of Adalard the Seneschal and a daughter of Matfried, count of Eifel (c. 820 – bef. 18 Sep 882)
He tried in vain to rule Lotharingia with his brothers Steven and Matfried I (count of Eifel).In 897, Gerhard and his brothers were in conflict with King Zwentibold. They were first rejected, and reconciled shortly after.
He led an uprising with his brother Matfried, and in 900 defeated and killed Zwentibold on the battlefield of Susteren.
He went to war, again with Matfried, in 906 against the count Conrad.
He was killed in a battle against the Bavarian army on 22 June 910.Family
After 13 August 900, Gerhard married the widow of Zwentibold, Oda (c. 880 – bef. 952), daughter of Otto I, Duke of Saxony, and had:
- Wigfried (d. 9 Jul 953), abbot of St. Ursula of Cologne, then archbishop of Cologne from 924 to 953,
- Oda (d. bef. 18 May 963), married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau (d. 942),
- unknown daughter
- Godfrey (d. bef. 949), count of Jülichgau.
Oda of Saxony remarried to Eberhard, count in Oberlahngau.
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