Count Godfrey I of Verdun

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

  Noted events in his life were:

• Title: Count of Bidgau, 959-1002. ⁷⁷³

• Title: Count of Methingau, 959-1002. ⁷⁷³

• Title: Count of Verdun, 963-1002. ⁷⁷³

• Title: Margrave of Antwerp, 969-1002. ⁷⁷³

• Title: Margrave of Ename, 969-1002. ⁷⁷³

• Title: Count of Hainaut, 974-998. ⁷⁷³

• Title: Count of Mons, 974-998. ⁷⁷³

Godfrey married Matilda Billung, Princess of Saxony, daughter of Herman Billung, Duke of Saxony and Hildegarde de Westerbourg, in 963.⁷⁷³ (Matilda Billung, Princess of Saxony was born in 944 and died on 25 May 1008 in Westerbourg ^713,759,769.)