Gérard II, duke of Lorraine - Bad merges?

The younger Gerard seems to be Gérard IV, duke of Upper Lorraine

And the older one may actually be a Gebhard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard,_Duke_of_Lorraine

@Gerard 11, duke of Lorraine is my 31grt grandfather and his wife Oda Von Sachsen is my 31 grt grandmother i do not think that Gerard 1V,duke of ypper Lorainebelong in this family bad merge Judy Ricehttp://www.geni.com/path/Judy+Rice+is+related+to+G%C3%A9rard+II+duk... this is my link

Problem loading page http://www.geni.com/path/Judy+Rice+is+related+to+G%C3%A9rard+II+duk... Judy Rice

Alex, copy your comment in the discussions section of the profile, and then Justin the curator should see it and fix the problem

Pamela, this discussion IS on the profiles tab :) and i send Justin annoying personal messages too :)

Maven, i think Gerard and Gebhard are the French and German variations of the same name.

I think the profile i started this discussion from is fairly accurate it just has info for the other guy in it's ABOUT and maybe duplicates oof some kids and the wife. I just didnt want to tinker with it before giving others a chance to take a look... i'm far from anyone's definition of an expert.

Alex, they're not quite the same name.

Gebhard comes from geb "gift" and hard "brave, hardy", while Gerard comes from gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). It's like the difference between "Wilfred" and "Wilhelm".

Some of the primary documents refer to Gerard II as Gerhardus so i assumed it might just be a different interpretation, even possibly just down to the "wonderful" handwriting.

Thanks for the correction.

The trees are all sorted and i've divided the About section up between the two profiles.