Gotelind

Also known as: Lady Gotelind · Family: Bechelaren · Role: margravine · First appears: Adventure XX · How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild · Part 1

In Adventure XX, Rudeger sent word to Gotelind that he would woo a wife for Etzel. She felt both sorrowful and proud, and offered gifts to Rudeger’s men before they left for the Rhine. In Adventure XXI, at the Enns, she rode with Rudeger’s vassals to meet Kriemhild, then welcomed the guests from the Rhine with jewels and robes.

In Adventure XXIV, Gotelind and Rudeger sent gifts with Werbel and Swemmel to the Rhine. When the Burgundians came to Bechelaren in Adventure XXVII, she offered Hagen a gift; he asked instead for a shield hanging on the wall, and she gave it to him. She also placed twelve rings in Folker’s hand. In Adventure XXXVIII, Dietrich called Gotelind his cousin, the daughter of his father’s sister.