Career
He was a "leading man of the Franks" and a brother-in-law of Ernest, margrave of the Bavarian Nordgau. Gebhard may be a son of Odo I, Count of Orléans, if identical with Udo the Elder, count in the Lahngau from 821 to 826. In 838, he allied with Poppo of Grapfeld and Otgar, Archbishop of Mainz, against the rebellious Louis the German and in favour of the emperor Louis the Pious.
He was the father of
Udo, count in the Lahngau
Waldo, abbot of St. Maximin's at Trier
Bertulf, Bishop of Trier
Berengar, count in the Hessengau
who all rose to prominent positions in West Francia.
