arrow
Wigeric of Aachen
(-Bef 919)
Kunigunde of the Franks
(Cir 890-)
Gozelo of Bidgau
(Cir 911-Bef 943)
Gotfried der Gefangene of Verdun
(Between 930-1005)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Mathilde of Saxony

Gotfried der Gefangene of Verdun 1

  • Born: Between 930 and 935
  • Marriage: Mathilde of Saxony between 962 and 979
  • Died: 9 Apr 1005

   Other names for Gotfried were Gotfred "den Fangne" and Godfrey of Verdun.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Count in Bidgau and Methingau from 00 0960 to 963.

• He was a Count in Hennegau (Hainaut) from 00 0973 to 990.

• He was a Count of Verdun before 965.

• He was a margrave of Enham.


Gotfried married Mathilde of Saxony, daughter of Hermann Billung of Saxony and Hildegard of Westerburg, between 962 and 979. (Mathilde of Saxony died on 25 May 1008.)

Sources

1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Erich Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen. Leipzig 1935. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 428. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 70.

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page