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Birth:          ABT  830 of Moselle, Austrasia
Death:          ABT  885 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert,_Count_of_the_Maasgau
Gilbert (Giselbert), Count of Maasgau, was a vassal of Charles the Bald. He was count 
of Maasgau on the lower Meuse.

Gilbert's background is not known. The similarity of his son's name to the name 
"Ragnar" has been used as an argument to suggest a Viking connection.[1] Another 
possibility is that he was related to a man named Reginar, son of Meginhere (a 
nobleman from the court of Charlemagne).

Gilbert had served King Lothair I, but defected to Lothair's half-brother Charles the 
Bald during the civil war of 840-843. Gilbert's lands eventually came under the rule of 
Lothair and his rights as count were revoked. In 846 Gilbert abducted an unnamed 
daughter of Lothair and his wife Ermengarde of Tours. He took her to Aquitaine and 
married her in an attempt to force Lothair to reinstate him.[2] Rösch suggests that 
Gilbert's wife was named Ermengarde, but there is no conclusive evidence that this is 
correct.[3]

Children may include:
Reginar, Duke of Lorraine (c. 850–916). There is no primary source unequivocally 
stating that Reginar was Gilbert's son.
Albert is mentioned as a brother of Reginar.[4]

Parents
____ Regnier (ABT  800 - )
----- ----- ()

Siblings
____ Giselbert (Gilbert) (ABT  830 - ABT  885)

Marriage To OF LORRAINE AND BURGUNDY Ermengarde (Irmgarde) (ABT  832 - )
    m.  846 

Notes

Parents
____ Lothar (Lothaire) I (ABT  798 - 29 Sep  855)
OF TOURS Ermengarde (ABT  800 - 20 Mar  851)

Children by OF LORRAINE AND BURGUNDY Ermengarde (Irmgarde) ABT  832 - 
____ Regnier I "Longhals" ( 860 -  916)

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