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Birth:          ABT  967 of Verdun, Meuse, France
Death:          19 Apr 1044 
Burial:         Abbey Church, Bilzen, Lorraine

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothelo_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine
Gothelo (or Gozelo) (c.?967 – 19 April 1044), called the Great, was the duke of Lower 
Lorraine from 1023 and of Upper Lorraine from 1033. He was also the margrave of 
Antwerp from 1005 (or 1008) and count of Verdun. Gothelo was the youngest son of 
Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, and Matilda Billung, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony. 
On his father's death, he received the march of Antwerp and became a vassal of his 
brother, Godfrey II, who became duke of Lower Lorraine in 1012. He succeeded his 
brother in 1023 with the support of the Emperor Henry II, but was opposed until 
Conrad II forced the rebels to submit in 1025. When the House of Bar, which ruled in 
Upper Lorraine, became extinct in 1033, with the death of his cousin Frederick III, 
Conrad made him duke of both duchies, so that he could assist in the defence of the 
territory against Odo II, count of Blois, Meaux, Chartres, and Troyes (the later 
Champagne).

In the battle at Bar on 15 November 1037, Gothelo dealt a decisive blow to Odo, who 
was trying to create an independent state between France and Germany. Odo died in 
the battle.

Gothelo died on 19 April 1044 and was buried in the Abbey Church of Bilzen. His son 
Godfrey succeeded in Upper Lorraine, but the Emperor Henry III refused to give him 
the duchy of Lower Lorraine as well. When Godfrey showed disagreement with the 
imperial decision, Henry III threatened to pass the duchy to Godfrey's incompetent 
brother Gothelo. This caused a long rebellion in Lotharingia between the allies of 
Godfrey (the counts of Flanders and Leuven) and imperial forces (1044–1056).

Family[edit]

The name of Gothelo's wife is not known, the name Barbe de Lebarten (and in fact her 
entire ancestry), being a spurious concoction of later genealogists.[1][2] He had the 
following children:
Godfrey the Bearded, duke of Upper Lorraine
Gothelo, duke of Lower Lorraine
Frederick, later Pope Stephen IX
Regilinda, married Albert II, Count of Namur
Oda, married Lambert II, Count of Leuven
Matilda, married Henry I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia

Parents
____ Godfrey (Gottfried) "the Captive" (ABT  942 - AFT 3 Sep 1005)
OF SAXONY Maud (Mathilde) (ABT  943 - 25 May 1008)

Siblings
____ Gerberge (ABT  965 - )
____ Gothelo (Gonzelon) (Gozelo) I (ABT  967 - 19 Apr 1044)
____ Frederick (ABT  970 - 6 Jan 1022)

Marriage To ____ Urraca or Ermengarde (ABT  974 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Urraca or Ermengarde ABT  974 - 
OF LORRAINE Regelinde (ABT  994 - AFT 1064)
OF LORRAINE Oda (ABT  995 - 23 Oct 1044)
____ Godfrey (Gottfried) III (ABT  997 - 24 Dec 1069)

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