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Godfried van Verdun, bijgenaamd de Gevangene (930- 3/4 september 996/1005), graaf van Verdun, markgraaf van Ename en Antwerpen, gouwgraaf van de Bidgouw en de Methingouw, was een zoon van Gozelo van de Ardennen en Uda van Metz. Zijn broer was Adalbero van Reims. Hij huwde in 963 met Mathildis van Saksen (937-1008), dochter van Herman Billung en weduwe van graaf Boudewijn III van Vlaanderen, en werd vader van:

Frederik (±970-1022), geestelijke, graaf van Verdun

Godfried de Kinderloze (-1023), hertog van Neder-Lotharingen

Adalbero (-988/989), bisschop van Verdun

Herman van Ename (-1029), graaf van Brabant en graaf van Verdun

Gozelo (-1044), hertog van Neder- en Opper-Lotharingen

Ermengarde (-1042), gehuwd met Otto I van Zutphen (Hammerstein)

Ermentrudis, gehuwd met heer Arnulf I van Florennes-Rumigny

(onder voorbehoud: Gerberga, gehuwd met graaf Folmar I van Metz)

De bijnaam De Gevangene wordt afgeleid door het feit, dat Godfried de aanval koos tegen de Franken, maar bij Verdun werd hij verslagen door Heribert de Jongere en gevangen gezet in 985. Als Hugo Capet koning wordt krijgt Godfried gratie in 987, maar zou pas in 990 zijn vrijgekomen. Godfried zou begraven zijn in de St.Pieter te Gent.

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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 Godfrey's family was: Adalberon, Godfrey's brother, having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's 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.

In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders. He had the following issue:

Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun

Godfrey (d. 1023), count of Verdun and duke of Lower Lorraine (1012-1023)

Adalberon (d. 988) , bishop of Verdun (984-988)

Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1020)

Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023-1044) and later also Upper (1033-1044) Lorraine

Bertram de Verdun, went to England where he held the manor of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire.

Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau

Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes

probably also an unnamed daughter, married Count Godizo of Aspelt

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född 930-935

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Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), 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 Godfrey's family was: Adalberon, Godfrey's brother, having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's 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.

In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders. He had the following issue:

Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun

Godfrey (d. 1023), count of Verdun and duke of Lower Lorraine (1012-1023)

Adalberon (d. 988) , bishop of Verdun (984-988)

Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1020)

Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023-1044) and later also Upper (1033-1044) Lorraine

Bertram de Verdun, went to England where he held the manor of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire.

Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau

Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes

probably also an unnamed daughter, married Count Godizo of Aspelt

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Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), 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 Godfrey's family was: Adalberon, Godfrey's brother, having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's 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.

In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders. He had the following issue:

Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun

Godfrey (d. 1023), count of Verdun and duke of Lower Lorraine (1012-1023)

Adalberon (d. 988) , bishop of Verdun (984-988)

Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1020)

Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023-1044) and later also Upper (1033-1044) Lorraine

Bertram de Verdun, went to England where he held the manor of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire.

Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau

Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes

probably also an unnamed daughter, married Count Godizo of Aspelt --------------------

1. Name: Gottfried DE VERDUN
2. Given Name: Gottfried
3. Surname: De Verdun
4. Sex: M
5. Birth: 937 in Lorraine, France
6. Death: 4 Sep 1005
7. Title: Comte De Verdun
8. Note: Alias: Le Captif /Le Vieux/

Father: Gozelo Von Ardennes DE BASSE-LORRAINE b: Abt. 911

Mother: Oda DE METZ b: 910

Marriage 1 Mathilde SAXONY b: Abt. 941 in Saxony, Germany

Children

  1. Has Children Bonne DE ARDENNES b: 958

  2. Has Children Ermentrude DE ARDENNES b: Abt. 959

  3. Has Children Hermann DE VERDUN b: Abt. 967

  4. Has No Children Gottfried I DE LORRAINE b: 968

  5. Has Children Gonzelon I DE LORRAINE b: Abt. 969 in Verdun, Meuse, France

  6. Has Children Frederic DE VERDUN b: Abt. 970

  7. Has Children Irmengarde DE LUXEMBOURG b: Abt. 980

  8. Has Children Gerberge DE VERDUN b: Abt. 985

  9. Has No Children Adalberon DE VERDUN b: Abt. 965