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Gundoin, Duke of Alsace

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110:, but was shortly after forced to concede it to Dagobert by the Austrasian nobility. The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. By some accounts, Gundoin even lived in "Meuse", a villa at the headwaters of the Meuse and may have been a royal courtier. He did have problems retaining the faithfulness of the 195:. This has led to him being called the first of a line of dukes ruling Alsace for the next century; the later dukes of Alsace did consider him a predecessor. Gundoin has controversially been identified with 286: 215:, which would imply that Gunzo's authority ended there, but the region over which Gundoin ruled was without a doubt Alsace on the other side of the Rhine. 314: 319: 266: 242: 102:, Theuderic's brother of Austrasia, forced Alsace' cession to him only to lose it two years later to Burgundy again. In 623, when 231: 157: 309: 188: 165: 59:), opulent in wealth and fame according to the highest secular dignity and skilled in courtly affairs." 138: 87: 192: 293: 238: 145:
and sought to marry her to a courtier of Dagobert I, Balduin Baso, at the king's insistence.
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Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe: Alsace and the Frankish Realm 600 – 1000
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granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he excluded Alsace, the Vosges, and the
46: 17: 176:. Gundoin probably intended to link his duchy with the region of the 63: 38: 184:. He probably also wished to better impose himself on the Sornegau. 212: 196: 169: 42: 98:, who was raised there. This attached it to Burgundy, but in 610 173: 177: 86:
and to assert Austrasian claims to the region in the face of
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The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom
152:, Gundoin granted property in the Giura valley to the 117:
By his wife Saratrude he had five children, including
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Index

Gundoin
Duke of Alsace
Frankish
Meuse
Moselle
Vita Sadalbergae
Vosges
Burgundian Gate
Transjura
Dagobert I
Austrasia
Alemanni
Burgundian
Childebert II
Theuderic II
Theudebert II
Chlothar II
Ardennes
Sundgau
Leduin Bodo
Bishop of Toul
Sadalberga
Jonas of Bobbio
Eustasius of Luxeuil
Remiremont
Waldebert of Luxeuil
Abbey of Luxeuil
Grandval
Germanus
Basel

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