12:29 am Sharon! Is that dedication or addiction?
There is a lot more than “allusions to” if you’ve read through the totality of the information presented. By extracting only 4 questions from the summary message and then basing comment on the message thread alone you are misrepresenting the research that you have been presented with. And if you limit yourself to what Cawley says, you are missing a lot of information by a lot of very smart people.
In addition to the summary message above, as it says, I’ve uploaded 8 additional documents which must be seen as part of this effort.
In Doc 1a there is a lengthy discussion on Gerhard/Gerold/Gebhard, his son Alderic, and it was pointed out in the will of Eberhard and Gisela, Alderic was the first signature as “nephew of”, ie “nepos”. One can’t be a nephew of without being the son of a brother or sister. We make it clear that while there is no “proof” in the way of primary documents there is we believe “substantial evidence” as exists to make a connection. For the information of all, we said in this attachment:
“Regarding Gerold...
We are convinced that St. Everard likely did have at least one sibling (name definitely Unknown), probably a sister,...who quite possibly married an in-law of Charlemagne. Some historians have suggested that it was someone named "Gebhard" (or Gerhold, Gerold), Hildegard's grandnephew. But her husband's identity is also unproven (i.e. Unknown).
We know that these two individuals existed around the same region and timeframe and that both are attributed with a son named Adalric/Udalrich/Adalroch. But we have not yet found any records to positively connect these two in marriage.
We can say the following with confidence:
1. The first-named witness to the will of St. Everard and Gisele, Adalric (var. sp. Adalroch), they referred to as "our" nephew. That strongly suggests a blood kinship to both Everard and Gisele.
2. None of St. Everard's brothers (all well-documented) had any son by that name.
3. None of Gisele's well-documented siblings (particularly Charles the Bald) had any sons by that name.
4. Cawley agrees with other historians that St. Everard had at least one unnamed sibling whose son was Adalric.
5. Gerold also is known to have sons and grandsons by the same name.
6. Adalric would have inherited from his father of the Udalriching family -- so would not likely be found included among the Unruochings.
7. Circumstantial evidence points to this nephew Adalric's father as having been directly descended from Gerold.
We conclude therefore:
1. St. Everard definitely had an unnamed sibling, probably a sister.
2. This sibling definitely had a son named Adalric (var. sp.), as he was the nephew of both St. Everard and Gisele.
3. Aldaric's father was quite likely (we presume along with at least a few other scholars): Gerold (aka "Gebhard").
4. We have yet to discover anything more about the life of Adalric, other than that he was a witness to the will of Everard and Gisele
5. Sharon appears to be on the right track with her characterization of the NN Geni profile in question, as we haven't proven the name, gender, or marriage of this person, only that it was the sibling of St. Everard and had a son named Adalric.”
Doc1b is a supplementary bibliography of thirty, that’s 30!, additional sources, all of which we have reviewed and consider relevant for your reference. This is 30 in addition to the sourcing cited in the individual discussions.
In addition to that I’ve translated several academic papers by SME’s and book chapters by established authors on the subject matter, all relevant, into English for the review of anyone interested, and all of which put this discussion into context. Gebhard is only a piece of a much larger much more interesting picture of an important historical family. It is my opinion that this family on Geni is much overlooked and under worked, and this research in its full presentation will help with clarity, correct deficiencies and inform missing information.
