Bivin of Gorze

Bivin of Gorze (810/830–863) was a Frank from the Bosonid family. He was married to a daughter of Boso the Elder, who may have been called Richildis. During his life he functioned as lay abbot of the Gorze Abbey.^[1] His offspring includes:

Richildis, who married king Charles the Bald;^[1]
Richard the Justiciar, Duke of Burgundy;
Boso, king of the Provence;
possibly Bivin, count of Metz.

Notes

1 2 Pierre Riche, The Carolingians:The Family who forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983), 198.

Sources

Pierre Riché, The Carolingians, a family who forged Europe.

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