Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Ardennes-Verdun
• Nickname: The Captive
• FSID: 94HZ-CG3
• Appointments / Titles: 959; Count of Bidgau and Methingau
• Appointments / Titles: Between 963 and 1005, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France; Count of Verdun
• Military: 969, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium; Antwerp and Ename; Margraviate
• Appointments / Titles: 974, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; Count

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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
Died 1002
Noble family House of Ardennes-Verdun
Spouse(s) Matilda Billung of Saxony
Father Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau
Mother Oda of Metz
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive[1] (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun [1][2] 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the Margraviate of Antwerp and Ename. Between 974 and 998, he was also the sovereign count of Hainault and Mons. He was the son of Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, and Oda of Metz.[3] He was the brother of Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims, who crowned Hugh Capet the king of France.

He was the founder of the House of Ardennes-Verdun, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes. He was always loyal to the Ottonians, whom he was related through his maternal grandmother.

Contents
1 Life
2 Family
3 Notes
4 References
Life
He is styled as Count by the grace of God of [2] 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 IV. 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 Emperor Otto II fighting Lothair of France at Verdun in 985, but he was again taken captive, along with his son Frederick, and held several years.[4][5] He was released in 987 by Hugh Capet, whose political ally was Adalberon, Godfrey's brother,[6] having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's Carolingian rival.[6]

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 Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders.[7] He had the following issue:

Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun[8]
Godfrey (d. 1023), duke of Lower Lorraine (1012–1023)[8]
Adalberon (d. 988), bishop of Verdun (984–988)[9]
Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1022)[8]
Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023–1044) and later also Upper (1033–1044) Lorraine
Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau
Ermentrude, 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.

Family/Spouse: von Sachsen, Mathilde Billung. Mathilde (daughter of Billung, Hermann and von Sachsen, Oda) was born in 937 in Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 25 May 1008 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; was buried after 25 May 1008 in Abbey of Saint Pierre-Du-Mont Blandin, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Troyes, Adelaide was born in 953 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 18 Oct 989 in Moselle, Lorraine, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Ardennes
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lorrain
• FSID: GSFP-764

Gozelon married of Metz, Oda in 930 in France. Oda (daughter of of Metz, Gerhard I and of Saxony, Oda) was born in 911 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was christened in Alsace, Lorraine, France; died on 7 Apr 963 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GSX5-T31

Notes:

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Metz --

Oda of Metz was a German noblewoman. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF Gerhard I of Metz (9CD1-KW4). HER MOTHER, ODA OF SAXONY (LB2S-623), was a daughter of Otto I Duke of Saxony and thus a member of the Liudolfings.

In 930, Oda married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, who gained fame as military commander for his brother, Adalberon I of Metz. Because she outlived her husband by twenty years, she was head of the household and ran the estate and lands until their children had reached adulthood.

They had the following children:

~ Reginar, count of Bastogne (d. 18 Apr 963)
~ Henry (d. 6 Sep 1000)
~ Godfrey (935/940 – 3 Sep 995/1002), count of Verdun[1]
~ Adalberon (935/940 – 23 Jan 989), archbishop of Reims 969-989

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Metz --

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Alsace, Lorraine, France; Count in the Duchy of Lorraine
• FSID: LZPK-P7H

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Wideric (German: Wigerich; French: Wigéric or Wéderic; died before 923) was a Frankish nobleman and the count of the Bidgau (pagus Bedensis) and held the rights of a count within the city of Trier. He received also the advocacy of the Abbey of Saint Rumbold[Note 1] at Mechelen from Charles III, King of West Francia. From 915 or 916, he was the count palatine of Lotharingia. He was the founder of the House of Ardennes.

Medieval historians have been unable to precisely pin down Wigeric's origins or rise to power. He possessed lands in the region of Bitburg, in the middle Moselle valley, in the Gutland, the western Eifel, and the Meuse region.[1]: 16

At the death of Louis the Child, the Lotharingians rejected the suzerainty of Conrad I and elected Charles of France as their king. At the time, the military authority in Lotharingia was assigned to Count Reginar I of Hainaut (died 915), but at his death it fell to Wigeric, who became count palatine, exercising as such the military authority in Lotharingia.

Wigeric founded the monastery of Hastière (French: L'abbaye d'Hastière) now in Hastière-par-delà(fr),[2] of which he also assumed the advocacy.

There is no historical trace of Wigeric after 919: he probably died between 916 and 919, and was buried in the monastery of Hastière.[1]

Family and descendants
Wigeric's first wife Eva died, leaving him a widower. He then married Cunigunda, daughter of Ermentrude, daughter of Louis II of France, and therefore a descendant of Charlemagne.[1] Their children were:

Gozlin (911–942), count of Bidgau, married Uda of Metz, father of:
Godfrey the Prisoner
Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims
Frederick (912–978), count of Bar, the duke of Upper Lorraine from 959
Adalberon (died 962), bishop of Metz
Gilbert (died 964), count in the Ardennes
Sigebert (fl. c. 942)
Siegfried, (c.922–998), count of Luxembourg
Wigeric and Cunigunda were the founders of the dynasty of the House of Ardennes. Its three branches, Ardennes-Verdun, Ardennes-Bar, and Ardennes-Luxembourg, dominated Lorraine for a century and a half. The Ardennes family extended from Laon and Reims to Trier and Cologne, from Metz and Verdun to Liège and Antwerp. Its descendants were to appear in the following positions:

Dukes of Upper and Lower Lorraine (959–1046 and 1012–1100, respectively)
Bishops of Metz (929–1072)
Bishops of Laon (977–1031)
Bishops of Reims (969–989)
Bishops of Verdun (984–988)
Bishops of Trier (1004–1015)[1]
Primary sources
Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project on Wigerich III, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
He is first attested in 899 as count Widiacus in a charter of King Zwentibold in Trier [1].
A Wigericus, with comital rights in Trier, appears in a diploma of Louis IV dated 19 September 902: MGH Diplomata.
He is usually identified with Widricus, count of the Bidgau, of a charter of Saint-Maximin dated 1 January 909 [2].
He appears in a diploma of Charles III (between 911 and 915) as Windricus and his son Adalberon and he received the fiefs and the advocacy of the abbeys of Saint Rumbolds at Mechelen and Hastière. The margrave of Neustria, Robert, and Reginar, margrave in Lotharingia, gave their consent.
He appears for the first time with the title "count palatine" in a diploma of Charles as well, this time as Widricus, dated 19 January 916 at Herstal [3].
Footnotes
The abbey founded by St. Rumbold in the 6th, 7th or 8th centuries and a 9th-century St. Rumbold's abbey church subordinate to the bishops of Liège are assumed to have been located in the Holm, higher grounds a little outside the later city walls of Mechelen. A 9th-century St. Rumbold's Chapel in the city centre stood until 1580, was rebuilt in 1597 and demolished in 1798. After Prince-Bishop Notger's founding of the St. Rumbold's Chapter around 1000, an adjacent collegiate church was built and its parish title was handed to the chapter in 1134. Most likely on its spot, already from around the start of the 13th century onwards, the well-known Saint Rumbold's Church was built, consecrated in 1312, and functions as metropolitan cathedral since 1559. This edifice never belonged to the abbey. Source: Sint-Romboutskerk (ID: 74569), VIOE (Retrieved 29 July 2011)

Wigerich married de France, Countess Cunigunda in 909. Cunigunda (daughter of de France, Ermentrude) was born in 893; died in 923 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Lotharingia
• FSID: G8K2-QK3

Notes:

"Cunigunda WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ERMENTRUDE of France, [who was the daughter] of Louis the Stammerer. THE IDENTITY OF HER FATHER IS UNKNOWN."

"To gain greater affinity with the nobles of Lotharingia, King Charles III arranged the marriage of Cunigunda in 909 with the powerful Wigeric of Lotharingia."

"Their children were:
- Frederick I
- Adalberon I
- Gilbert
- Sigebert
- Liutgarde
- Gozlin
- Siegfried"

"Around 922, she married Ricwin, Count of Verdun."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunigunda_of_France

[NB: Information sourced from Wikipedia is subject to change by third-parties. Follow the URL(s) noted above to review the latest content.]

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• FSID: 9CD1-KW4

Notes:

"Gerhard I of Metz was count of Metz. He was the son of Adalhard, count of Metz, himself son of Adalard the Seneschal."

"After 13 August 900, Gerhard married Oda, daughter of Otto I, Duke of Saxony, and had: Wigfried, Oda, Godfrey, and a daugther (name unknown)."

"Gerhard was killed in a battle against the Bavarian army on 22 June 910."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_I_of_Metz

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Gerhard married of Saxony, Oda after 13 Aug 900. Oda (daughter of of Saxony, Otto I and von Babenberg, Hedwiga) was born in 877; died in 952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Lotharingia
• FSID: LB2S-623

Notes:

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Saxony --

Oda of Saxony was a Saxon princess. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF Otto I, Duke of Saxony (G98N-1MN) and Hedwiga of Babenberg (L8TG-1DR). She married King Zwentibold of Lotharingia and at his death in August 900 (when Oda was younger than 15), she contracted a SECOND MARRIAGE with Gerhard I of Metz (9CD1-KW4). From this union were born:

~ Wigfried, abbot of St. Ursula in Cologne, and then archbishop of Cologne from 924 to 953.
~ Oda (Uda) of Metz (d. aft. 18 May 963), married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau (d. 942).[2]
~ A daughter of name unknown.
~ Godfrey, count of the Jülichgau.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Saxony --

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• FSID: LHTH-XJT

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermentrude_(fille_de_Louis_le_B%C3%A8gue)

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• FSID: M1TN-4YB

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• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Saxony
• House: Ottonian
• Nickname: The Illustrious One
• FSID: G98N-1MN
• Life Event: Between 902 and 912, Hersfeld Abbey Bad Hersfeld, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen, Germany; Abbott

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Otto I, Duke of Saxony
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Otto I
Duke of Saxony
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Otto I Dux, depiction in the Chronica Sancti Pantaleonis, Cologne (c. 1237
Born c. 830/40
Died 30 November 912
Wallhausen, Saxony
Buried Gandersheim Abbey
Noble family Ottonian dynasty
Spouse(s) Hathui of Babenberg
Issue
Henry the Fowler
Father Liudolf, Duke of Saxony
Mother Oda of Billung
Otto (c. 830/40 – 30 November 912), called the Illustrious (German: Otto der Erlauchte) by later authors, a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Saxony from 880 to his death.

Contents
1 Family
2 Reign
3 Notes
4 Sources
Family
Otto was a younger son of the Saxon count Liudolf (d. 866), the progenitor of the dynasty, and his wife Oda (d. 913), daughter of the Saxon princeps Billung. Among his siblings were his elder brother Bruno, heir to their father's estates, and Liutgard, who in 876 became Queen of East Francia as consort of the Carolingian king Louis the Younger. The marriage expressed Liudolf's dominant position in the Saxon lands.

Around 873 Otto himself married Hathui (d. 903), probably daughter of the Frankish princeps militiae Henry of Franconia, a member of the noble House of Babenberg (Popponids). By her he had two sons, Thankmar and Liudolf, who predeceased him, but his third son Henry the Fowler succeeded him as duke of Saxony and was later elected king. Otto's daughter Oda married the Carolingian King Zwentibold of Lotharingia, son of Emperor Arnulf. His family is called the Liudolfinger after his father, upon the accession of his grandson Emperor Otto the Great it then was also called the Ottonian dynasty.

Reign
By a charter of King Louis the Younger to Gandersheim Abbey dated 26 January 877, the pago Suththuringa (region of South Thuringia) is described as in comitatu Ottonis (in Otto's county). He succeeded his brother Bruno after the latter's death in the Battle of Lüneburg Heath (Ebsdorf) on 2 February 880, fighting against the Viking invaders.[1]

Ruling over vast Saxon and Thuringian estates, Otto was mentioned as dux in later sources, while in a contemporary charter of 28 January 897, Otto is described as marchio and the pago Eichesfelden (Eichsfeld) is now found to be within his county (march). He was also the lay abbot of Hersfeld Abbey in 908 and fifty years later was described as magni ducis Oddonis (great duke Otto) by the chronicler Widukind of Corvey when describing the marriage of his sister Liutgard to King Louis.

Despite his dynastic relations, Otto only had loose connections to the Carolingian court and rarely left Saxony. He remained a regional East Frankish prince and his overlords, Louis the Younger and Emperor Arnulf, with both of whom he was on good terms, rarely interfered in Saxon autonomy. In his lands, Otto was prince in practice and he also established himself as a tributary ruler over the neighbouring Slavic tribes in the east, such as the Daleminzi.

According to Widukind of Corvey, the "Saxon and Franconian people" offered Otto the kingship of East Francia after the death of the last Carolingian monarch Louis the Child in 911. He did, however, not accept it on account of his advanced age, instead suggesting Duke Conrad of Franconia. The truthfulness of this report is considered doubtful.[2]

The next year, Otto died at the Pfalz of Wallhausen. He was buried in the church of Gandersheim Abbey.

Buried:
Gandersheim Abbey

Otto married von Babenberg, Hedwiga in 870 in Sachsen, Germany. Hedwiga (daughter of von Babenberg, Margrave Heinrich and of Fruili, Ingeltrude) was born on 10 Oct 853 in Babenberg Castle, Holzkirchen, Miesbach, Bayern, Germany; died on 24 Dec 903 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried after 24 Dec 903 in Stiftskirche Gandersheim, Bad Gandersheim, Northeim, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: L8TG-1DR

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Hedwiga (also known as Hathui; c.?850/55-24 December 903), a member of the Elder House of Babenberg (Popponids), was Duchess of Saxony from about 880 until her death, by her marriage with the Liudolfing duke Otto the Illustrious. She is the mother of King