Aldgisl
Aldegisel (also spelled 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[which?] often call them kings.
Wilfrid, deposed from his
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
Radbod, who preferred paganism and was an enemy of Charles Martel
.
References
- ^ 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.
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