Also known as Godefroi le Captive, and Gottfried der Gefangene.
Count of Verdun
Count of Bidau
Count of Methingau
Marquis of Eename
Events
Date of Birth: about 930 or 935
Place of Birth: unknown.
The estimated date is given by Hlawitschka.
Date of Death: 3 September, in or after 997.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Baldwin. Hlawitschka states that the year was probably 1005.
Place of Burial: Gent St Pieter.
The place is given by Le Jan (1995, p. 377).
Relationships
Father: Gozlin.
This relationship is given by Hlawitschka, by Le Jan (1995, p. 456; 2001, p. 218), and by Murray (p. 6).
Mother: Uda.
This relationship is given by Hlawitschka, by Le Jan (1995, p. 456; 2001, p. 218), and by Murray (p. 6).
Spouse: Mathilda of Saxony.
This relationship is given by Hlawitschka, by Le Jan (1995, p. 377; 2001, p. 218), and by Baldwin.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)
Frederick (died 6 January 1022), count of Verdun.
Adalbero (died 18 April 991), bishop of Verdun.
Hermann (died 28 May 1029), margrave of Eename, count of Brabant, married Mathilde.
Godfrey (died 27 September 1023), duke of Lower Lotharingia.
Gozelo I (died 19 April 1044), duke of Lower Lotharingia, duke of Upper Lotharingia.
Ermengarde (died before 5 January 1043) married Otto von Hammerstein, count of Wetterau.
References
Baldwin, Stewart. “Godefroid "le Captive"/Gottfried "der Gefangene" (Godefridus)” in The Henry Project. (2006, rev. 2007).
Hlawitschka, Eduard. “Gottfried der Gefangene von Verdun”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 666-667. [Onlinefassung].
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).
Le Jan, Régine. Femmes, pouvoir et société dans le haut Moyen Age. (Picard, 2001).
Murray, Alan V. The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History. (Prosopographica et Genealogica: 2000).