Eberhard of Friuli

Eberhard (c. 815 – 16 December 867) was the Frankish Duke of Friuli from 846. His name is alternatively spelled Everard, Evrard, Erhard, or Eberard; in Latinized fashion, Everardus, Eberardus, or Eberhardus. He wrote his own name "Evvrardus".

Family Eberhard was from an illustrious Frankish family, though his parentage is debated. His marriage to Gisèle, the daughter of Emperor Louis the Pious, cemented his eminent position at the Frankish court.

Children (with Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious)

Disputed parentage Paternity theories His father was Unruoch II. "His father was Berengar, the son of Count Unroch." "After other authors, Unroch, the grandfather of Saint Evrard, should have been the Duke of Frioul." Named Duke of Friuli and Count or Marquis de Trévise, in Italy, he defended his country against invasion by the Bulgars and managed to completely drive them from the peninsula—825-830.

Marriage and life at Cysoing In return for his services, the emperor Louis the Pious gave Count Evrard the highest honor possible: the hand of his daughter by his wife Judith of Bavaria, the Princess Gisèle, in marriage.

Gisèle was a woman of piety and virtue. The Royal Fisc of Cysoing, situated at the center of the country of Pèvele, was one of the most beautiful in the region. The stay seemed so agreeable to Saint Evrard and the Princess Gisèle that they made it one of their regular residences. thus attaining martyrdom. of and in the Condroz. The third, Adélard, got the lands of Cysoing, Camphin, Gruson and Somain, with charges and respects of all the properties of the Abbey in these regions. The fourth, Rodolphe, got Vitry-en-Artois and Mestucha, except for the church at Vitry which was given with the Abbey at Cysoing.