Godfrey I the Prisoner, Count of Verdun

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• Name	Godfrey I the Prisoner   [1]
  Suffix	Count of Verdun
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	959
  	Count of Bidgau and Methingau
  Acceded	963
  	Count of Verdun
  	Count of Verdun from 963 to his death
  Acceded	974
  	Count of Hainault and Mons .
  	Between 974 and 998, he was also the Count of Hainault and Mons .
  Name	Godfrey of Verdun
  Name	the Old
  Name	the Prisoner or the Captive
  Death	1002
  Burial	St. Peter's church, Ghent
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10397 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_I,_Count_of_Verdun http://www.mathematical.com/ardennegottfried954.html
  Person ID	I4880	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Oda of Metz   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Billung,   b. 937, Saxony d. 25 May 1008, Ghent (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	After 0962
  Children	1. Godfrey II of Lorraine, Duke of Lower Lorraine,   b. 965   d. 1023 (Age 58 years)   2. Frederick, Count of Verdun   d. 1022   3. Adalberon, Bishop of Verdun   d. 988   4. Herman of Ename, Count of Brabant   d. 1024   5. Gothelo (Gozelo) I the Great, Duke of Lorraine,   b. Abt 967, Verdun, Meuse, France d. 19 Apr 1044 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F1469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).