 He was a Hunfriding by birth, with no connection to Gothia.He was probably Hunfrid III, the second son of Hunfrid II, "dux super Redicam" (duke over Rhaetia).He rebelled against Louis the German, the King of East Francia, and was forced to flee to Charles the Bald, the King of West Francia, to whom he was one of the few to remain loyal during the vicissitudes of the 850s.