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Gilbert (or Giselbert) (c. 890 - 2 October 939) was son of Reginar and t h e b r o t her-in-law of the Ottonian emperor, Otto I. He was duke of Lotha r i n g i a (or Lorraine) until 939. Gilbert was also lay abbot of Echternac h , S t a b lo-Malmedy, St Servatius of Maastricht, and St Maximin of Trier.
The beginning of the reign of Gilbert is not clear. A dux Lotharingiae i s m e n t i oned in 910 and this may have been Gilbert. Lotharingia sided wi th C h a r l es III in 911, who was deposed in West Francia in 922 by Robert b u t r e m a ined king in Lotharingia, from where he tried to reconquer West F r a n c i a until being imprisoned in 923. In 923, Gilbert and Archbishop Ru o t g e r o f Trier invited the Ottonian king Henry I to invade Lotharingia. I n 9 2 4 , G i lbert changed his allegiance over to the West Frankish king Ru do l f . A f ter Henry managed to occupy Lotharingia in 925, Gilbert swore f e a l t y t o him and Henry transferred the abbey of St Servatius of Maastri c h t ( w h ich had been taken from him and given to the church of Trier in 9 1 9 ) t o G i lbert. To secure their relationship, Gilbert was also married t o H e n r y 's daughter, Gerberga of Saxony.
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890 - 939 (49 years)