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Dagobert

Discussion of the name

Dagobert is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements tac ‘day’ and beraht ‘light, bright’ (Forssner 1916: 59).

There are three entries in the PASE corpus for Dagobert, all referring to Frankish kings of the seventh or eighth century; there is also an entry for Dægberht 1 (a ninth-century abbot) and three for Dægbeorht (all ninth-century moneyers) that could represent the name Dagobert (Insley 2003: 392).

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England (Uppsala, 1916)

Insley 2003: J. Insley, ‘Pre-Conquest personal names’, Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 23 (Berlin and New York, 2003).

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Dagobertus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Dagobert

  Phillimore edition: Dagobert

  Alecto edition: Dagobert

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. W11	Vill Redwick	DB Spelling Dagobertus	Holder 1066 Dagobert 'of Redwick'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Dagobert 4 - Dagobert ‘of Redwick’ (Wales), fl. 1066