Godfrey I the Prisoner Count of Verdun [4880] ²⁴

   Other names for Godfrey were Godfrey of Verdun, the Old and the Prisoner or the Captive.

  General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10397

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_I,_Count_of_Verdun

http://www.mathematical.com/ardennegottfried954.html

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Bidgau and Methingau, 959.

• Acceded: Count of Verdun, 963. Count of Verdun from 963 to his death

• Acceded: Count of Hainault and Mons, 974. Between 974 and 998, he was also the Count of Hainault and Mons .

Godfrey married Matilda Billung [990] [K23F-DJW] [MRIN: 1469], daughter of Herman Billung Margrave of the Billung March [6694] and Oda [63620], after 0962. (Matilda Billung [990] [K23F-DJW] was born in 937 in Saxony, died on 25 May 1008 in Ghent and was buried in St. Peter's church.)