Giselbert I

898 - 939  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Giselbert I
  Birth	Between 891 and 898  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 939	Andernach, Rhineland, Germany   [1]
  Person ID	I11365	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Reginar I "Longneck",   b. Abt 850   d. Between 25 Oct 915 and 19 Jan 916, Meersen Palace, Meersen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Alberada of Mons   d. Aft 915
  Family ID	F1296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerberga of Saxony,   b. Between 913 and 914   d. 5 May 969 (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	929  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Gerberge of Lorraine,   b. Abt 930   d. Aft 7 Sep 978 (Age ~ 48 years) + 2. Alberade de Lorraine,   b. Abt 931   bur. Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
  Family ID	F2624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Duke of Lorraine, probably 928-939; Lay-abbot of Echternach, 915-939; Lay-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedyl; Lay-abbot of Saint-Maximin; Lay-abbot of Saint-Servais; Lay-abbot of Chèvremont. Following his defeat in the Battle of Andernach, drowned in the Rhine while fleeing the forces of Otto I. "From these two brothers [Giselbert I and Reginar II] are descended the later kings of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, many of the German emperors, the Dukes of Brabant, Burgundy, Warwick, Northumberland, and Lorraine, the earls of Chester, Clare, and Pembroke, the Counts of Roucy, Vermandois, Bercelona, Provence, Nevers, Poitou, Burgundy, and Savoy, and the families of Cantelou, Courtenay, Zouche, and many others." [Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 240-18]

  
  

• Sources

  [S91] The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, by Stewart Baldwin, Todd A. Farmerie, and Peter Stewart.