Gothelo, I Duke of Lorraine

Abt 967 - 1044  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Gothelo , I Duke of Lorraine  [1]
  Suffix	I Duke of Lorraine
  Born	Abt 967  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Apr 1044  [1, 2]
  Buried	Bilsen, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   [1]
  Notes	He was the son of Godefroi, Comte de Verdun and Mathildis Billung von Sachsen. He married Urraca d'Ivrea, daughter of Berengar II d'Ivrea, King of Italy and Willa di Toscana. He succeeded to the title of Duc de Basse-Lorraine in 1023. He gained the title of Duc de Haute-Lorraine in 1033. He succeeded to the title of Duc de Lorraine in 1033. 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, the name Barbe de Lebarten (and in fact her entire ancestry), being a spurious concoction of later genealogists. 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
  Person ID	I4235	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Godfrey, I Count of Verdun,   b. Between 935 and 940,   d. 03 Sep 998  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mathildis Billung von Sachsen,   b. 942,   d. 25 May 1008, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium  (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Abt 963  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Urraca d'Ivrea
  Children	1. Godfrey, III Duke of Lower Lorraine,   b. Abt 1010,   d. 24 Dec 1069, Bouillon, Luxembourg, Belgium  (Age ~ 59 years)   2. Oda of Verdun,   b. Abt 990,   d. 1062  (Age ~ 72 years)   3. Friedrich von Niederlothringen,   d. 1058, Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy   4. Gozelo, Duc de Basse-Lorraine II,   d. 1046   5. Regelindis of Lower-Lorraine
  Family ID	F1217	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothelo_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_I,_Count_of_Verdun.