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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
With Godfrey's uncle Duke Theodoric, both Lower and Upper Lorraine then were held by the House of Ardennes. The line of Upper Lorraine dukes became extinct upon the death of Theodoric's grandson Duke Frederick III in 1033; whereafter his cousin Gothelo , son and heir of Duke Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine II could unite both duchies in his hands.
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] The House of Ardenne–Verdun, with several dukes of Lower Lotharingia, descended from Count Gozelin.
Gothelo was the youngest son of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, and Matilda, [2] daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony. On his father's death, he received the march of Antwerp and became a vassal of his brother, Godfrey II , who became duke of Lower Lorraine in 1012.
Articles related to the House of Ardenne–Verdun, a branch of the House of Ardenne, one of the first documented medieval European noble families, centered on Verdun. The family dominated in the Duchy of Lotharingia ( Lorraine ) in the 10th and 11th centuries.
Gozlin (c. 911 – between 19 October 942 and 16 February 943) was count of the Ardennes and the Bidgau. He was also army commander for his brother, Adalbero I of Metz. [1] Gozlin was a son of Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda of France. [2]
Wigeric of Lotharingia, count of the Bidgau (c. 915/916–922) [1] Godfrey, count of the Jülichgau (c. 940) House of Ezzonen. During the 11th century, ...
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