Giselher’s Family Tree

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Family

• Gibicho(parent),Grimhild(parent),Gernot(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).

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.

Associated with

• Kriemhild

  Giselher was Kriemhild's youngest and most beloved brother, who argued most strongly against Siegfried's murder. Despite their bond, Kriemhild's vengeance consumed even Giselher — he perished in the battle at Etzel's court that she had engineered.