Godfrey Count of Verdun the Captive

✓ Godfrey 'the Captive', Count of Verdun and in the Bidgau (d. 3 Sep [998 or after]), son of Gozlin and Uda (Uda's charter of 963 'filiorum meorum Henrici et Reginheri, Godefridi quoque et Adalberonis'); captured at Verdun by King Lothaire 985; m. c.963 Mathilde Billung, widow of Baldwin III of Flanders. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Upper Lotharingia Nobility (Verdun)'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 25 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]