At the beginning of the 11th century , a family of counts with the leading name Gerhard appeared in Jülichgau . Gerhard I is count in Jülichgau from 1003 to 1029, followed by Gerhard II (1029-1081), Gerhard III. (1081-1114), Gerhard IV. (1114-1127), Gerhard V. (1127-1138) and Gerhard VI. (1138-1142). Gerhard III is registered for the first time with the surname comes de Julicho . With Wilhelm I. (1142–1176) the Counts of Jülich became the Counts of Jülichgau.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BClichgau
Individual: http://genealogy.euweb.cz/cleves/cleves6.html, http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l3/LANG=germ/F=G...
Birth, death: http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l3/LANG=germ/F=G...
https://gw.geneanet.org/hwember1?lang=en&pz=maximilian&nz=v...