Godfrey II “the Bearded”, duke of Upper and Lower Lotharingia

Duke of Upper Lotharingia

Duke of Lower Lotharingia

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 21 December 1069.

Place of Death: Verdun.

The date and place are given by Reindel. Despy gives 30 December 1069.

Relationships

Father: Gothelo I, duke of Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by Andressohn (p. 10), by Despy, by Reindel, and by Murray (p. 7).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Doda.

This relationship is given by Andressohn (p. 10), Reindel, and by Murray (p. 239). Despy calls her Oda.

Spouse: Beatrice of Upper Lotharingia. Married 1054.

This relationship is given by Reindel, by Despy, and by Murray (p. 8). Beatrice was the widow of Marquis Boniface of Tuscany.

Children (by Doda):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Godfrey III “the Hunchback” (died 26 February 1076), duke of Lower Lotharingia, married Matilda, countess of Tuscany.

A son.

Ida (died 13 August 1113) married Eustace II, count of Boulogne.

Wiltrude (died 1093), married Adalbert, count of Calw.

References

Andressohn, John C. The Ancestry and Life of Godfrey of Bouillon (Indiana University: 1947).

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Despy, G. "Gottfried III. der Bärtige" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Murray, Alan V. The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History. (Prosopographica et Genealogica: 2000).

Reindel, Kurt. “Gottfried II” der Bärtige” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964) S. 662 [Onlinefassung].

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).