Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
Godfrey I, Count of Verdun | |
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House of Ardennes-Verdun | |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda of Saxony |
| Father | Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau |
| Mother | Oda of Metz |
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captivecount of Hainault and Mons.
He was the founder of the
Ottonians
, to whom he was related through his maternal grandmother.
Life
He was the son of
king of France
.
He is styled as Count
by the grace of God of [1] in 963 and 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 III. 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
Carolingian rival.[7]
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 IV.
Family
In 963, he married
Baldwin III of Flanders.[8]
He had the following issue:
- Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun[9]
- duke of Lower Lorraine (1012–1023)[9]
- Adalberon (d. 988), bishop of Verdun (984–988)[10]
- Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1022)[9]
- Upper(1033–1044) Lorraine
- Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau
- Probably Ermentrude, who married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes
- Adela, married Count Godizo of Aspelt. Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck, son of Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark.
Notes
- ^ Murray 2000, p. 6.
- ISBN 9782859442682.
- ISBN 978-2-85944-268-2.
- ^ Reuter 1978, p. 234.
- ^ McKitterick 1999, p. 327.
- ^ Murray 2000, p. 7.
- ^ a b Bradbury 2007, p. 72.
- ^ Tanner 1991, p. 254.
- ^ a b c Healy 2006, p. 36.
- ^ Healy 2006, p. 30.
References
- Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1328. Hambledon Continuum.
- Healy, Patrick (2006). The Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny: Reform and the Investiture Contest in the Late Eleventh Century. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
- McKitterick, Rosamond (1999). The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians. Longman Group UK Limited.
- Murray, Alan V. (2000). The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History 1099-1125. Oxford University Press.
- Reuter, Timothy (1978). Medieval Nobility: Studies on the Ruling Classes of France and Germany from the Sixth to the Twelfth Century. Elsevier Science Ltd.
- Tanner, Heather J. (1991). Chibnall, Marjorie (ed.). "The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II". Anglo-Norman Studies: XIV. Proceedings of the Battle Conference. The Boydell Press.
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