count of Ardennes Godefroi Av Lothringen I THE CAPTIVE 0930

COUNT OF ARDENNES
Godefroi Av Lothringen I THE CAPTIVE Sex: Male

Birth Date	0930 Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Death Date	1005
Father	Gozelo I von Bidgau Comte des Ardennes	Born: 0911 Aach, RP, Germany	Died: 0943
Mother		Born:

Godefroi Av Lothringen
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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive, sometimes the Old, was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the count of Verdun from 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the margravate of Antwerp and Ename. Between 974 and 998, he was also the count of Hainault and Mons. He was the son of Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, and Oda of Metz. He was the brother of Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims, who crowned Hugh Capet the king of France. He was the founder of the House of Limburg or House of Ardennes-Verdun, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes. He was always loyal to the Ottonians, whom he was related through his maternal grandmother. He appears as the new count of Verdun in 963, though already count of Bidgau and Methingau through inheritance since 959. In 974, he became count of Mons, and Hainault jointly with Arnold, Count of Valenciennes, after the fall of Reginar IV. Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, was a supporter of Reginar and defeated Godfrey and Arnold at Mons in 976, where the former was captured. After his release, he was at the side of the Emperor Otto II fighting Lothair of France at Verdun in 985, but he was again taken captive and held several years. He was released in 987 by Hugh Capet, whose political ally Godfreys family was: Adalberon, Godfreys brother, having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hughs Carolingian rival. In 989, he was made prisoner a third time by Herbert III of Vermandois. He was liberated before 995, when he appears at the synod of Mousson. In 998, he lost his Hainault portion (the county of Mons) to Reginar.

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Grand Children

Gothelo I duke of Lorraine "THE GREAT"

b.0957 Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France
d.1044 Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France

1 Ada de Lorraine b.0990

Adela van Leuven b.1020

Godfrey of Lorraine Duke of Lower Lotharingia THE BEARDED b.1074

II Godfrey Marquis of Antwerp, Duke of Lower Lorraine b.1108

Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
Comte des Ardennes Gozelo von Bidgau I b.0911 Aach, RP, Germany d.0943	Wigerich Pfalzgraf von Lothringen b.0870 Trier, Germany, Holy Roman Empire d.0923


Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024-persons	-

2 persons	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 Persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-