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Birth:          ABT  875 
Death:          22 Jun  910 
Cause of Death: killed in battle

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_I_of_Metz
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)

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Parents
OF METZ Adalhard (ABT  840 - 2 Jan  890)
----- Adalarda ()

Siblings
____ Matfried (ABT  865 -  930)
OF METZ Gerhard (ABT  875 - 22 Jun  910)

Marriage To OF SAXONY Oda ( 877 - AFT  952)
    m. AFT  900 

Notes

Parents
____ Otto "the Illustrious" "the Grand" (ABT  851 - 30 Nov  912)
____ Hedwige (Hathui) (ABT  855 - 24 Dec  903)

Children by OF SAXONY Oda  877 - AFT  952
OF METZ Oda (ABT  908 - 10 Apr  963)

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