 Abt 0805 - 0866 (61 years)
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| Name |
FRIULI Eberhard |
| Birth |
Abt 0805 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
16 Dec 0866 |
Italy  |
| Notes |
- Titles
846: Marchese di Friuli (Duke of the March of Friulia)
Marriage to Gisela
m. (836) Gisela' (819/22 - after 01 Jul 874; bur. Abbey of St. Calixtus, Cysoing).
Occupation
politics and military (Carolingian Empire)
Religion
founded abbey of St Calixtus, Cysoing, Flanders
Humanities
commissioned works of Latin literature from Lupus Servatus and Sedulius Scottus, and maintained a correspondence with Gottschalk,[2] Rabanus Maurus, and Hincmar.
Will, Death
A thesis on the will of Gisela and Eberahd is avalaible on Accademia, website.
Eberhard
b. 805/10
d. 16 Dec 866 Italy
bur. Cysoing
House: Unruochingi
Issue
Issue: 11[1]
(p. Louis I m.2 Judith Welf)
Eberhard (837 - ante 20 Jun 840).
Engeltrude (837/40 - after 874)
Unruoch (840 - after 01 Jul 874)
(unproven) m. Ava (Father: Luitfried, Signor di Monza, Lay abbot of Moutier-Grandval)
Rudolf (d. 01 May 892)
Berengar (840/5 - 07 Apr 924 Verona)[1]
succeeded brother Berengario I, Marchese di Friulia; Berengario I, King of Italy; Emperor B
m.1 (880/3 Nov 890]) Bertila di Spoleto (d. ante Dec 915; Father: Suppo II, Duke of Spoleto) . Issue.
m.2 (ante Dec 915) Anna (d. after May 930; p. unknown)
Adalhard (d. after 01 Jul 874)
Alpais (d. Young; bur Cysoing)
Heilwig (d. after 895).[1]
m.1 (ante 874) Hucbald, Count of Ostrevant (d. after 890; p. unknown). Issue.
m.2 (after 890) Roger I, Count of Laon (d. 926; p. unknown). Issue.
Gisela (d. Apr 863)
Judith (d. after 874)
dau.
disputed marriage(s)[2]
Cawley presents a list of children of Eberhard de Friuli and his wife Gisela:[3]
Eberhard (837-before 20 June 850)
Engeltrude (837/.40-after 874
Unruoch (840-874)
daughter, died 874. Cawley reports that "The Annales Fuldenses record that the emperor's men invaded "monasterium puellarum in Brixia civitate" in 887 and abducted "filiam Unruochi comitis, propinquam imperatoris" and married her to "suoque nepoti"
Rudolf, died 1 May 892
Berengar, b. 840, murdered Verona 924
Adalhard, died after 1 July 874
Alpais, died young, buried Cysoing)
Heilwig, died after 895
Gisela, died April 863
Judith, died after 874
daugher married Arnulf Graf Im Norgaau
Research Notes
Disputed Parents
EBERHARD'S PARENTS ARE DISPUTED!
Unruoch and Engeltrude were chosen as hypothetical parents, in accordance with the European Aristocrats project.
More about various theories for Ebhard's parents at Wikipedia...[3]
(unproven) Mother: Engeltrude UNKNOWN.
(unproven) Father: Unruoch
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eberhard's known descendants are female, so the male (surname) line falls. Note that Berengar had 3 known daughters, and no known sons.
↑ Lots of speculation about this daughter's marriage. See Cawley for in depth explanation.[1]
↑ Charles Cawley. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Eberhard di Friulia Accessed 2 August 2023 jhd
Cawley, C. (2006). "Marchesi di Friulia, Unruochingi: Family of Unruoch." Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac[4] citing:
Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis
Historia Ecclesiæ Cisoniensis
Epitaphio de filio Eberhardi comitis by Sedulius
Historia Ecclesiæ Cisoniensis
Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines
Europäische Stammtafeln
Wikipedia: Eberhard of Friuli; Wikipedia: Dukes and margraves of Friuli#Margraves
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| Person ID |
I58430 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family |
CAROLINGIAN Gisela, b. Abt 0819, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Pruißen d. Aft 01 Jul 0874, Abbey of St. Calixtus, Cysoing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age > 55 years) |
| Marriage |
0836 |
| Children |
| | 1. FIULI Heilwig, b. Aft 0836, Friuli, Italy d. Aft 0895 (Age > 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. FRIULI Berengar, b. Abt 0845, Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy d. 07 Apr 0924, Verona, Veneto, Italy (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26053 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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