Aldegisel, Aldegisl, Aldgillis, Aldgisl, Aldgils or Eadgils (fl. c. 678) was the ruler of Frisia (as king or duke) in the late seventh century contemporarily with Dagobert II and a very obscure figure. All that is known of him is in relation to the famous saint that he harboured and protected, Wilfrid, but he is the first historically verifiable ruler of the Frisians.[1]: 792 What the exact title of the Frisian rulers was depends on the source. Frankish sources tend to call them dukes; other sources often call them kings.
"King Aldgisl" as depicted in a Dutch chronicle from 1662
Wilfrid, deposed from his Archdiocese of York, exiled from Northumbria and on his way to Rome to seek papal support, landed in Frisia in 678.[1]: 792 and was warmly received by Aldegisel, who entertained him for several months over the winter, probably at Utrecht. According to Stephen of Ripon, Wilfrid's biographer, Aldegisel encouraged Wilfrid in his effective evangelism and "[the Frisians] accepted his [Wilfrid's] teaching and with a few exceptions all the chiefs were baptised by him in the name of the Lord, as well as many thousands of common people." It is possible that Aldegisel was one of the early converts. However, it has been doubted whether Wilfrid was actually successful in Frisia, since there is no other evidence of the success of Christianity there before the work of Willibrord.
While Wilfrid was at Aldegisel's court, the Frankishmayor of the palace, Ebroin, offered a bushel of gold coins in return for Wilfrid, alive or dead. Aldegisel himself is said to have torn up and burned the letter from the Frankish mayor in front of the ambassadors and his household. It has been surmised by some that Aldegisel's kindness to Wilfrid was a mode of defiance of Frankish domination. His successor and possibly son was Radbod, who followed the older pagan ways and was an enemy of Charles Martel.
References
^ abHalbertsma, Herrius (1982). "Summary". Frieslands Oudheid(PDF) (English summary) (in Dutch). Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. pp. 791–798. OCLC 746889526.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Wegele, Franz Xaver von (1875). "Aldgisl". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German) (Online ed.). p. 327. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
May 10, 2023
aldgisl, confused, with, adalgisel, given, name, aldegisel, aldegisl, aldgillis, aldgils, eadgils, ruler, frisia, king, duke, late, seventh, century, contemporarily, with, dagobert, very, obscure, figure, that, known, relation, famous, saint, that, harboured, . Not to be confused with Adalgisel given name Aldegisel Aldegisl Aldgillis Aldgisl Aldgils or Eadgils fl c 678 was the ruler of Frisia as king or duke in the late seventh century contemporarily with Dagobert II and a very obscure figure All that is known of him is in relation to the famous saint that he harboured and protected Wilfrid but he is the first historically verifiable ruler of the Frisians 1 792 What the exact title of the Frisian rulers was depends on the source Frankish sources tend to call them dukes other sources often call them kings King Aldgisl as depicted in a Dutch chronicle from 1662 Wilfrid deposed from his Archdiocese of York exiled from Northumbria and on his way to Rome to seek papal support landed in Frisia in 678 1 792 and was warmly received by Aldegisel who entertained him for several months over the winter probably at Utrecht According to Stephen of Ripon Wilfrid s biographer Aldegisel encouraged Wilfrid in his effective evangelism and the Frisians accepted his Wilfrid s teaching and with a few exceptions all the chiefs were baptised by him in the name of the Lord as well as many thousands of common people It is possible that Aldegisel was one of the early converts However it has been doubted whether Wilfrid was actually successful in Frisia since there is no other evidence of the success of Christianity there before the work of Willibrord While Wilfrid was at Aldegisel s court the Frankish mayor of the palace Ebroin offered a bushel of gold coins in return for Wilfrid alive or dead Aldegisel himself is said to have torn up and burned the letter from the Frankish mayor in front of the ambassadors and his household It has been surmised by some that Aldegisel s kindness to Wilfrid was a mode of defiance of Frankish domination His successor and possibly son was Radbod who followed the older pagan ways and was an enemy of Charles Martel References Edit a b Halbertsma Herrius 1982 Summary Frieslands Oudheid PDF English summary in Dutch Groningen Rijksuniversiteit Groningen pp 791 798 OCLC 746889526 This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Wegele Franz Xaver von 1875 Aldgisl Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie in German Online ed p 327 Retrieved 2013 08 29 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aldgisl amp oldid 1151818938, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
