Gerold of Vinzgau was a count in Kraichgau

Kraichgau

The Kraichgau is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is considered to be the Stromberg, the Hardt, and the...

 and Anglachgau. His daughter married King Charlemagne

Charlemagne

Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...

 in 771.
In 784 generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch

Lorsch

Lorsch is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, 60 km south of Frankfurt. Lorsch is well known for the Lorsch Abbey, which has been named a World Heritage Site.-Location:...

 by Gerold and Emma are recorded.

Marriage and issue

He married by 758 to Emma (d. 789 or 798 or after 784), daughter of Hnabi

Hnabi

Hnabi or Nebi was an Alemannic duke in the eighth century. He was a son of Huoching and perhaps a grandson of the duke Gotfrid, which would make him a scion of the Agilolfing dynasty of Bavaria. He was the founder of the "old" line of the Ahalolfings...

, Duke of Alamannia. They had the following:

• Gerold
  Gerold, Prefect of Bavaria
  Gerold was an Alamannian nobleman, serving the Frankish King as Margrave of the Avarian March and Prefect of Bavaria. Gerold played a significant role in the integration of Bavaria into the Frankish Kingdom. Being related to the family of the Agilolfings, he was appointed Prefect of Bavaria after...
  
  
• Udalrich
• Hildegard, born in 758, married King Charlemagne
  Charlemagne
  Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
  
   in 771.
• probably Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans
  Odo I, Count of Orléans
  Odo I was the Count of Orléans following the final deposition of Matfrid until his own deposition a few years later....
  
  
• Eric of Friuli
  Eric of Friuli
  Eric was the Duke of Friuli from 789 to his death. He was the eldest son of Gerold of Vinzgouw and by the marriage of his sister Hildegard the brother-in-law of Charlemagne....
  
   (?), not listed on the site of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the Udalrichings.

Literature

• Gerold, Charles Cawley's "Medlands", hosted at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
• Gerold, genealogie-mittelalter.de