Gibuld

Gibuld (Latin Gibuldus ) was around 470 a Alamannic king. He could with the mentioned around the same time Gebavult (Latin Gebavultus ) be identical.

Eugippius reported in his vita Sancti Severini XIX that King Gibulds men in the second half of the 5th century, the city of Passau constantly haunted. Then it seemed to Passau to an encounter between Gibuld and the Abbot Severin, asked at Severin to release the imprisoned Roman prisoners of war. The encounter with Severin had Gibuld have impressed as he indemnified the Servant of God choosing to ask what he wanted. Then he released about 70 prisoners. This is said to have taken place about loud Eugippius in the years 469/470.

According to the Vita of St. Lupus Lupus Bishop of Troyes, it is almost at the same time have succeeded made ​​to free prisoners of King Gebavult, here it is probably because the same event. Whether both were identical or two different kings from a family with similar names were is unclear.

It is not known whether Gibuld ruled over all or Alemanni king was only a small part of the tribe. If Gibuld and Gebavult represent the same person, would the large size of the area in which Gibuld / Gebavult operated suggest that there had been around 450 AD to a unification of previously fragmented into small kingdoms Alemanni.

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• Eugippius: Vita Sancti Severini = The life of Saint Severin. Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-15-008285-4, Ch. 19 (latin. / Dt. )
• Vita of St. Lupus