{{Short description|Founder of the Bizinid dynasty}} '''Bivin of Gorze''' (810/830 – 863) was a Frankish nobleman, regarded as the founder of the Bivinid family. He was married to a daughter of Boso the Elder, who may have been called Richildis.{{sfn|Bouchard|1988|p=409}} During his life he functioned as lay abbot of the Gorze Abbey.{{sfn|Riché|1983|p=198}} His offspring includes: * Richilde of Provence, who married King Charles the Bald{{sfn|Riché|1983|p=198}} * Richard the Justiciar, Duke of Burgundy, father of a king of France{{sfn|Bouchard|1988|p=409}} * Boso, King of Provence{{sfn|Bouchard|1988|p=409}} * possibly Bivin, Count of Metz.
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==Sources== *{{cite journal |title=The Bosonids or Rising to Power in the Late Carolingian Age |first=Constance B. |last=Bouchard |journal=French Historical Studies |volume=15, No. 3 (Spring) |year=1988 |publisher=Duke University Press |pages=407–431 |doi=10.2307/286367 |jstor=286367}} *{{cite book |first=Pierre |author-link=Pierre Riché |last=Riché |title=The Carolingians: The Family who Forged Europe |translator-first=Michael Idomir |translator-last=Allen |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=1983}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bivin of Gorze}} Category:Bosonids Category:9th-century births Category:863 deaths Category:Year of birth uncertain