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Gundoin was the first Duke of Alsace in the middle of the seventh century. The Duchy of Alsace was a large political subdivision of the Frankish Empire during the last decade and a half of Merovingian rule He was a Frankish nobleman from the Meuse-Moselle basin. The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group Meuse (møːz is a department in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. Moselle is a ''département'' in the east of France named after the Moselle River. He was, according to the author of the Vita Sadalbergae, an "illustrious man (vir inluster), opulent in wealth and fame according to the highest secular dignity and skilled in courtly affairs. "

Gundoin's duchy comprised both sides of the Vosges, the Burgundian Gate, and the Transjura. Vosges (voːʒ is a French department, named after the Vosges mountain range. It was probably created by Dagobert I in order to defend southern Austrasia from the Alemanni and to assert Austrasian claims to the region in the face of Burgundian opposition. Dagobert I (c 603 &ndash 19 January 639) was the king of Austrasia (623&ndash634 king of all the Franks (629&ndash634 and king of Austrasia (rarely Austria, both meaning "eastern land" formed the north-eastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries In 596, Childebert II bequeathed Alsace to his son Theuderic II, who was raised there. Childebert II (570-595 was the Merovingian king of Austrasia, which included Provence at the time from 575 until his death in 595 the eldest and succeeding son Theuderic II (also Theuderich, Theoderic, or Theodoric; in French, Thierry) (587-613 king of Burgundy (595-613 and This attached it to Burgundy, but in 610 Theudebert II, Theuderic's brother of Austrasia, forced Alsace' cession to him only to lose it two years later to Burgundy again. Theudebert II ( French: Thibert or Théodebert; 586 &ndash 612 King of Austrasia (595 &ndash 612 AD) was the son and Heir In 623, when Chlothar II granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he excluded Alsace, the Vosges, and the Ardennes, but was shortly after forced to concede it to Dagobert by the Austrasian nobility. Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 584 &ndash 629 called For the political subdivision of France see Ardennes (department. The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. By some accounts, Gundoin even lived in "Meuse", a villa at the headwaters of the Meuse and may have been a royal courtier. He did have problems retaining the faithfulness of the Sornegau.

By his wife Saratrude he had five children, including Leduin Bodo, Bishop of Toul; Sadalberga; and a son named Fulculf Bodo. Leudinus Bodo was a Seventh century Bishop of Toul, successor to Eborinus, or Elbonirus The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic Diocese seated at Toul in present-day France Saint Sadalberga or Salaberga (died 665 was the daughter of Gundoin, Duke of Alsace. According to the Vitae Columbani of Jonas of Bobbio, Sadalberga was born blind before being healed by Eustasius of Luxeuil. Jonas of Bobbio ( Jonas Bobiensis; Susa Roman Sigusia, Piedmont c "Saint Eustasius" is also the name of a Bishop of Aosta. Between 629 and 631, Gundoin removed Sadalberga, already a widow, from her convent of Remiremont and sought to marry her to a courtier of Dagobert I, Balduin Baso, at the king's insistence. Remiremont Abbey was a Benedictine Abbey near Remiremont, Vosges, France.

Sometime during the tenure of Waldebert of Luxeuil, Gundoin granted property in the Giura valley to the Abbey of Luxeuil to found a daughter house at Grandval (Grandisvallis). Waldebert (also known as Gaubert, Valbert and Walbert) (died c Luxeuil Abbey was one of the oldest and best-known monasteries in Burgundy, located in the " Département " of Haute-Saône in Franche-Comté Grandval is a municipality in the district of Moutier in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The monks, under Germanus, built a monastery and cleared an old Roman road which lay on the shortest route from Basel to Biel. Saint Germanus of Granfelden (* ca 612 in Trier; † 675 near Moutier, Bern, Switzerland was the first Abbot of Moutier- Grandval "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Gundoin probably intended to link his duchy with the region of the Aar and extend his authority as far as Lake Thun. The Aar ( German Aare) a tributary of the Rhine, is the longest River that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Lake Thun (Thunersee is a Lake just north of the Alps, in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. He probably also wished to better impose himself on the Sornegau.

Gundoin died and was succeeded by Boniface, according to Bobolenus. Boniface or Bonifacius was the second Duke of Alsace, in the mid seventh century This has led to him being called the first of a line of dukes ruling Alsace for the next century; the later dukes of Alsace did consider him a precessor. Gundoin has controversially been identified with Gunzo, a duke in the region around Lake Constance with his seat at Überlingen, who betrothed his daughter to Sigebert III. The article is about the historical figure For the Japanese magazine see Gunzo. Under the designation Lake Constance or Lake of Constance ( German Bodensee) one summarizes the three independent bodies of water Obersee Überlingen is a city in the Bodensee district in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. Sigebert III (c 630&ndash656/660 was the king of Austrasia from 634 to his death probably on 1 February 656, or maybe as late as 660 Gunzo's men escorted the woman as far as the Rhine, which would imply that Gunzo's authority ended there, but the region over which Gundoin ruled was without a doubt Alsace on the other side of the Rhine. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge

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