Prefect of Bavaria
740 CE to 799 CE
Gerold (died 799) is an Alamannian nobleman, serving the Frankish King as Margrave of the Avarian March and Prefect of Bavaria.
Gerold plays a significant role in the integration of Bavaria into the Frankish Kingdom.
Being related to the family of the Agilolfings, he is appointed Prefect of Bavaria after the deposition of Duke Tassilo III in 788.
In 799 he falls in a battle against the Avars, a short while after Eric of Friuli is killed by the treachery of the same.
He is the son of Gerold of Vinzgau and Emma, the daughter of Hnabi.
His sister Hildegard marries King Charlemagne in 771.
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