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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.
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]
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.
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
ten children Children of Stephen, divided the land. Louis I the Black: 1424: 1459–1489: 19 July 1489: Palatinate-Zweibrücken: Johanna de Croÿ 20 March 1454 Luxembourg twelve children Otto II the Mathematician: 26 June 1435: 1461–1490: 8 April 1499: Palatinate-Mosbach: Unmarried: Had a strong interest in astronomy and mathematics.
Wigeric (915 – before 922), Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Count in the Bidgau; Gottfried (c. 905 – after 949), Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Count in the Jülichgau; From 985, the Ezzonids held the title: Herman I (d. before 996), Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Count in the Bonngau, the Eiffelgau, the Zülpichgau and the Auelgau