Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
Member of the House of Ardenne–Verdun
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... Wikipedia
Born: 935 AD
Died: 1002 (age 67 years)
Grandchildren: Godfrey the Bearded, Pope Stephen IX, Oda of Verdun, and more
Parents: Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau and Oda of Metz
Children: Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine, Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Herman of Ename, and more
Great grandchildren: Godfrey the Hunchback, Ida of Lorraine, Albert III, Count of Namur, and more