ID: I001540
Name: Gozelon D'Ardennes , Count of Lorraine and Verdun 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 967 in Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Death: 19 APR 1044 in Ardennes, Lorraine, France
Note:
Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine
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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 of Bar on 15 November 1037, Gothelo dealt a decisive blow to Odo, who was trying to creating an independent state between France and Germany. Odo died in the battle.

Gothelo died on 19 April 1044 and is buried in the Abbey Church of Bilsen. 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
The name of Gothelo's wife is not known. 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


Father: Gottfried "The Captive" , Count in the Bridgau b: ABT 932 in Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia
Mother: Mathilde Von Sachsen b: ABT 937 in Luneburg, Saxony, Germany

Marriage 1 Urraca di Ivrea b: ABT 964 in Ivrea, Tuscany, Italy
Children
Godfrey III 'The Bearded' , Duke De Lorraine b: ABT 995 in Ardennes, Lorraine, France
Oda De Lorraine b: ABT 997 in Ardennes, Lorraine, France
Ada D'Ardennes b: ABT 1000 in Ardennes, Lorraine, France
Regilinde D'Ardennes b: ABT 1004 in Ardennes, Lorraine, France
Duke of Lower Lorraine Gothelo b: ABT 1008 in Ardennes, Lorraine, France

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