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Godfrey I, Count of Hainaut and Duke of Lower Lorraine

Male - 964


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Godfrey I, Count of Hainaut and Duke of Lower Lorraine (son of Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Ermentrude); died in Summer 964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: 959; He became the Duke of Lower Lorraine.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia was born about 905 (son of Gerhard I of Metz and Oda of Saxony); died after 949.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): About 924; He became the Count of the Jülichgau about 924. He reigned until 936, and possibly until 949.
    • Last Full Review: 16 Feb 2021

    Notes:

    Death: He died on 1 June, year uncertain.

    Name:

    Godfrey married Ermentrude before 923. Ermentrude (daughter of Charles III "the Simple", King of France and Frederuna) was born in 908/09. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ermentrude was born in 908/09 (daughter of Charles III "the Simple", King of France and Frederuna).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 16 Feb 2021

    Children:
    1. 1. Godfrey I, Count of Hainaut and Duke of Lower Lorraine died in Summer 964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
    2. Gerberge of Lorraine was born between 925 and 935; died before 24 May 996.
    3. Gerhard II, Count of Metz and Abbot of Remiremont was born between 925 and 935.
    4. Gebhard was born between 925 and 935.
    5. Adalhard


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gerhard I of Metz

    Gerhard married Oda of Saxony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Oda of Saxony
    Children:
    1. 2. Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia was born about 905; died after 949.
    2. Wigfried, Archbishop of Cologne

  3. 6.  Charles III "the Simple", King of FranceCharles III "the Simple", King of France was born on 17 Sep 879 (son of Louis II "the Stammerer", Holy Roman Emperor and Adelaide of Paris); died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint Fursy, Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France (not found).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Crowned: 898; In 898, he was crowned the King of the Franks.
    • Reign: From 898 to 922; King of France (Carolingian dynasty)

    Notes:

    Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth date as 17 November 879.

    Name:

    Charles married Frederuna in May 907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Frederuna (daughter of Dietrich Theodorich von Ringelheim and Gisela of Lotharingia).
    Children:
    1. 3. Ermentrude was born in 908/09.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Louis II "the Stammerer", Holy Roman EmperorLouis II "the Stammerer", Holy Roman Emperor was born on 1 Sep 846 (son of Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans); died on 10 Apr 879 in Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 877 to 879; King of the Franks
    • Reign: From 878 to 879; Holy Roman Emperor

    Notes:

    Birth: Weis (1982) records his birth date as 844.

    Weis 148-16

    Name:

    Louis married Adelaide of Paris on 868 - 870. Adelaide (daughter of Bègue II, Count of Paris) was born on 855 - 860; died after 10 Nov 901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Adelaide of Paris was born on 855 - 860 (daughter of Bègue II, Count of Paris); died after 10 Nov 901.
    Children:
    1. Ermentrude of the West Franks was born about 870.
    2. 6. Charles III "the Simple", King of France was born on 17 Sep 879; died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint Fursy, Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France (not found).

  3. 14.  Dietrich Theodorich von Ringelheim

    Dietrich married Gisela of Lotharingia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Gisela of Lotharingia
    Children:
    1. 7. Frederuna