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Gottschalk

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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.

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Given name

  • Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke
  • Godescalc (fl. 781–783), 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 as a hero of the Jansenists and for his conflict with Hincmar
  • Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, Bishop of Freising, beneficiary of the 996 Ostarrîchi document
  • Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
  • a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci

    • Surname

  • Carl W. Gottschalk (1922–1997) American professor and kidney researcher
  • John Gottschalk (born 1943) Newspaper publisher
  • Joseph Gottschalk (1950–2003) American cycling exhibitionist
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) American composer and pianist
  • Louis F. Gottschalk (1864–1934) American composer
  • Louis A. Gottschalk (1916–2008) American psychiatrist
  • Thomas Gottschalk, German entertainer and actor (born 1950)
  • Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist), German biochemist
  • Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi)
  • Jacob C. Gottschalk
  • Timo Gottschalk, German rally navigator

    • Other uses

  • Gottschalks, a former retail chain in the United States

    • References

    Gottschalk Wikipedia
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