Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 19 April 1044.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Baldwin and by Althoff (p. 377).
Relationships
Father: Gottfried, count of Verdun, count of Bidau, count of Methingau, margrave of Eename.
This relationship is given by Reindel, by Murray (p. 7), by Parisse, by Le Jan (p. 218), and by Baldwin.
Mother: Mathilde von Sachsen.
This relationship is given by Freytag, by Parisse, by Le Jan (p. 218), and by Baldwin.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Godfrey II "the Bearded" (died 30 December 1069), duke of Upper Lotharingia.
Mathilda (died 17 August 1060) married Heinrich, count palatine of Lotharingia.
Gozelo II (died 1046, before 22 May), duke of Lower Lotharingia.
Frederick (died 29 March 1058), elected Pope Stephen IX.
Oda (died 23 October, after 1047) married Lambert II, count of Leuven (Louvain).
Regelindis married Albert (II), count of Namur.
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Mathilde von Sachsen” in The Henry Project.
Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Hermann Billung”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 640 f. [Onlinefassung].
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).
Parisse, M. "Gozelo" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).
Reindel, Kurt. “Gozelo I. Herzog von Nieder- und Oberlothringen” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 693. [Onlinefassung].