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Godfrey rebelled against his King and devastated land in Lower Lorraine, as well as the City of Verdun; which, though his by inheritance, Henry had not given him.He was soon defeated by an Imperial army, deposed and imprisoned together with his son (Gibichenstein, 1045).
Godfrey I (Dutch: Godfried, c. 1060 – 25 January 1139), called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Landgrave of Brabant, Count of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain) from 1095 to his death and Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129. He was also Margrave of Antwerp from 1106 to his death.
The German dukes and Godfrey the Bearded's influential widow, Beatrice of Tuscany, convinced Henry that he should cooperate with the Pope. [ 129 ] Bolesław II , Duke of Poland , invaded Bohemia in early 1073, and Henry decided to launch a punitive action against him. [ 115 ]
Godfrey II (1012–1023) (also known as Godfrey I) Gothelo I (1023–1044) (also duke of Upper Lorraine) Gothelo II (1044–1046) House of Luxembourg. Frederick I (1046–1065) House of Ardennes–Verdun. Godfrey III the Bearded (1065–1069) (also known as Godfrey II, previously duke of Upper Lorraine) Godfrey IV (1069–1076) (also known as ...
Godfrey (or Godefrid) II (965–1023), called the Childless, son of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun (d. 1002) was the first of several members of his family to become duke of Lower Lorraine (also known as Lower Lotharingia [1]) which roughly corresponded to modern Belgium, southern Netherlands, and the northern part of the German Rhineland.
In 1018, Godfrey and Gerhard were forced to make peace by the emperor, [17] and Balderic was also reconciled with the emperor, [18] but Godfrey II was then crushingly defeated and captured later that year when leading imperial forces against another rebel, Dirk III, Count of Holland, whose mother, like Gerhard's wife, was a sister of the ...
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive [1] (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun [2] [3] 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the Margraviate of Antwerp and Ename. Between 974 and 998, he was also the sovereign count of Hainault and Mons
After his death in 1044, however, King Henry III enfeoffed Lower Lorraine to his younger son Gothelo II and the elder, Godfrey III the Bearded, could only succeed in Upper Lorraine. When Gothelo II died two years later, Godfrey III claimed his rights but found Henry III unwilling to re-unite both duchies.