Background
He was the son of Adalhard (c 850 – 2 January 890), count of Metz, himself son of Adalard the Seneschal and a daughter of Matfried, count of Eifel (c 820 – bef 18 September 882).
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Gerard Gerard of Metz
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Career
They were first rejected, and reconciled shortly after. He went to war, again with Matfried, in 906 against the count Conrad. He was killed in a battle against the Bavarian army on 22 June 910.
After 13 August 900, Gerhard married the widow of Zwentibold, Oda (c 880 – bef 952), daughter of Otto I, Duke of Saxony, and had:
Wigfried (d 9 July 953), abbot of Saint Ursula of Cologne, then archbishop of Cologne from 924 to 953,
Oda (d bef 18 May 963), married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau (d 942),
unknown daughter
Godfrey (d bef 949), count of Jülichgau.
Oda of Saxony remarried to Eberhard, count in Oberlahngau.
