Gebhard of Lahngau ( 860/868 – 22 June 910), of the Conradine dynasty, son of

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(died 879), count of

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gau, and Judith, was himself count of

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(909–910) and Rheingau (897–906) and then

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(Lorraine). In 903,

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, gave him the government of Lotharingia with the title of duke (''Kebehart dux regni quod a multis Hlotharii dicitur''). Gebhard died in battle against the Magyars, somewhere by

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. With his wife Ida, he had two children: *

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(died 949), duke of Swabia *

(died 949), count of Wetterau (from 914), Lahngau (from 918), and Rheingau (from 917), married Cunigunda, daughter of

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