Gernot’s Family Tree

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Family

• Gibicho(parent),Grimhild(parent),Giselher(sibling),Gunther(sibling),Kriemhild(sibling)— Marriage

  Gibicho and Grimhild are the royal parents of the Burgundian dynasty, whose children — the kings Gunther, Gernot, and Giselher, and the princess Kriemhild — are swept into the tragedy of the Nibelung treasure and Sigurd's murder.

  ⚠ In the Nibelungenlied, the parents are Dancrat and Uote, and there is no Guttorm. This group follows the Völsunga saga/Thidrekssaga composite tradition (Gjúki/Gibicho and Grimhild).

Slew

• Rüdiger

  Rüdiger and Gernot killed each other in the fighting at Etzel's court, each bound by conflicting oaths of loyalty. Rüdiger had given Gernot his own sword as a gift of friendship during the Burgundians' journey, and Gernot used that very sword to deliver the fatal blow.

Member of

• Burgundians

  The Burgundians ride under King Gunther from the court at Worms, their fate sealed to the cursed Nibelungen treasure from the moment Siegfried enters their hall.