Gozbald [SEP] position held
Gozbald
Gozbald, in Latin "Gozbaldus" or "Gauzbaldus" (died 20 September 855), was the abbot of Niederaltaich from 830, and the bishop of Würzburg from 842, until his death. He also served as chorbishop of the diocese of Passau. On the basis of an entry in the confraternity book of Reichenau, the historian Gerd Althoff suggested that Gozbald belonged to the Hattonian family.
From 830, Gozbald was the archchaplain and chancellor to Louis the German when the latter was just king of Bavaria.
civil war which followed Louis the Pious's death. After the death of the bishop of Würzburg, Humbert, on 9 March 842, Louis appointed Gozbald to succeed him. Until 847, Gozbald was the only bishop in East Francia whose loyalty to Louis was total. All the rest remained loyal to the emperor Lothair I and the archbishop of Mainz, Odgar.
Gozbald was one of the frontier bishops who received the right to conduct land transactions with the local noblemen during the king's stay at Regensburg in 851–52. This