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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.
Godfrey III could again strengthen his position, when in 1054 he married Beatrice, a sister of the later Upper Lorraine duke Frederick III, and ruled as Margrave of Tuscany from 1056. He reconciled with the emperor and in 1065 regained the Duchy of Lower Lorraine from the hands of King Henry IV .
Their children were: Frederick I (d. 978), who was count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine [1] Adalberon I (d. 962), elected bishop of Metz in 929 [2] Gilbert (d. 964), count in the Ardennes; Sigebert, mentioned in 942. Liutgarde, who married Adalbert, Count of Metz, then Eberhard IV, count of Nordgau.
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]
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.
Because she outlived her husband by twenty years, she was head of the household and ran the estate and lands until their children had reached adulthood. They had the following children: Reginar, count of Bastogne (d. 18 April 963) Henry (d. 6 September 1000) Godfrey (935/940 – 3 September 995/1002), count of Verdun [1]
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