Gersuinda
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thumb|Continental Europe during Gersuinda's lifetime (with her native Duchy of Saxony|Saxony (Saxonia) indicated).
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- Position at court
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thumb|Continental Europe during Gersuinda's lifetime (with her native Duchy of Saxony|Saxony (Saxonia) indicated).
Gersuinda (also Gersvinda, Gervinda; died after 800) was a concubine of the emperor Charlemagne, with whom he was in a relationship after the death of his last legitimate wife, Luitgard (died June 4, 800). According to Charlemagne's contemporary biographer, Einhard, Gersuinda was a Saxon, a people whom Charlemagne subdued over a thirty year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gersuinda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.