Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
French nobleman
b. 935 · d. 3 Sep 998
Godfrey I, called the Prisoner or the Captive, sometimes the Old, was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun 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.
Related people
- Oda of Metz child of · traditional
- Gozlin, Count of Bidgau child of · traditional
- Adalberon sibling of · traditional
- Matilda of Saxony spouse of · traditional
- Ermengarde of Verdun parent of · traditional
- Frederick, Count of Verdun parent of · traditional
- Herman of Ename parent of · traditional
- Adalbero II of Verdun parent of · traditional
- Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine parent of · traditional
- Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine parent of · traditional
Places
- Ghent burial
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.