Gottschalk
Sign in to saveGottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as "servant of God". Latin forms include Godeschalcus and Godescalcus.
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Gottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as "servant of God". Latin forms include Godeschalcus and Godescalcus.
==Given name== Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke Godescalc (), Carolingian scribe; author of the Godescalc Evangelistary Godescalc of Le Puy, 10th-century bishop, first documented pilgrim of the Via Podiensis Gottschalk of Orbais, a 9th-century theologian, poet, and unwilling monk, best known for his conflict with Hincmar Gottschalk of Aachen, 11th-century monk Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk) Gottschalk of Gembloux (), Benedictine historian and poet a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt (died 1541), last Catholic bishop of Schleswig
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