Gerswind

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Gerswind was a concubine of Charlemagne .

Gerswind is mentioned in Einhard's work Life of Charlemagne as "Gerswind, of Saxon family who gave birth to a daughter Adaltrud (...)". Nothing more is known about her.

According to the writer Gerd Treff, Gerswind is said to have been a daughter of the Saxon Duke Widukind . There is no evidence for this speculation. He also mentions Gerswind's year of birth “around 782” and the year of her death “around 829”, likewise unproven.

literature

Secondary literature
  • Gerd Hit: The French queens. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette (8th-18th centuries). Pustet, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1530-5 .
Nice literature
  • Martina Kempff: The prey woman . A novel about Gerswind, the last love of Charlemagne. Piper 2006, ISBN 978-3-492-048705 .

swell

The passage in Einhard's work Life of Charlemagne can be found in:

  • Reinhold Rau: Sources on the Carolingian Empire history. First part . Selected sources on the German history of the Middle Ages, Vol. 5. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-06963-3 , pp. 188/189.
personal data
SURNAME Gerswind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Concubine of Charlemagne
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH 9th century