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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
Gozlin and Oda had the following children: Reginar, count of Bastogne (d. 18 April 963). One of his sons was Adalberon (bishop of Laon). Henry (d. 6 September 1000), Count of Arlon. Godfrey "the Captive" (935/940 – 3 September 995/1002), count of Verdun [2] Adalberon (935/940 – 23 January 989), archbishop of Reims 969-989.
In 1012 his son Godfrey II was appointed Duke of Lower Lorraine by the East Frankish king Henry II, in order to protect the lands against claims raised by West Francia . With Godfrey's uncle Duke Theodoric, both Lower and Upper Lorraine then were held by the House of Ardennes.
963–1002 Godfrey I, called the Prisoner, son of Gothelo, Count of Bidgau, son of Wigeric and Cunigunda, and Uda of Metz; married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony; 1002–1012 Godfrey II, son of previous, duke of Lower Lorraine from 1012 to his death in 1023; 1012–1022 Frederick, brother of previous
Godfrey I (born 940/945; died 964) was the count of Hainault from 958 and margrave or vice-duke of Lower Lorraine from 959, when that duchy was divided by Duke Bruno, who remained duke until his death in 964.
The House of Ardenne (or Ardennes, French Maison d'Ardenne) was an important medieval noble family from Lotharingia, known from at least the tenth century.They had several important branches, descended from several brothers: [1]
Ofri Bibas Levi, the sister-in-law of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage kidnaped during the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel, holds a family picture of Bibas and one of her two boys, at Moshav Giv ...
They had about seven children, including Agnes of Loon, Duchess consort of Bavaria; Adeleidis (d.a. 1157) Hugo X , Count of Dagsburg, Metz, Dabo and Moha, 1137/78 attested, nephew of Folmar V/VIII. He married Luitgarde of Sulzbach, sister of Queen Gertrude of Sulzbach and widow of Godfrey II, Count of Louvain. Hugo and Luitgarde had: