Geoffroy with the Beard Count of Verdun, Duke of Upper-Lorraine , 9971069 (aged 72 years)

Name
Geoffroy // Count of Verdun, Duke of Upper-Lorraine
Given names
Geoffroy
Name suffix
Count of Verdun, Duke of Upper-Lorraine
Nickname
with the Beard
Name
Godfrey III // Duke of Lower Lorraine
Given names
Godfrey III
Name suffix
Duke of Lower Lorraine
Birth
Text:

[S00301] ~Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.).
VI 127

[S01361] Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von.
Tafel 12 - date of death

Death
Text:

[S00301] ~Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.).
VI 127

[S01361] Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von.
Tafel 12 - date of death

Source citation
Text:

[S00301] ~Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.).
VI 127

[S01361] Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von.
Tafel 12 - date of death

Source citation
Note

BIOGRAPHY
Geoffroy 'with the Beard' was born about 997, the eldest son of Gozelo I, duke of Upper Lorraine, margrave of Antwerp. By inheritance he was count of Verdun and he became margrave of Antwerp as a vassal of the duke of Lower Lorraine. The Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich III authorised him to succeed his father as duke of Upper Lorraine in 1044, but refused him the ducal title in Lower Lorraine, fearing the power of a united duchy. Instead Heinrich threatened to appoint a younger son, Gozelo II, as duke in Lower Lorraine. At a much later date, Geoffroy became duke of Lower Lorraine, but he had lost the upper duchy by then.

Geoffroy rebelled against his king and devastated lands in Lower Lorraine, as well as the city of Verdun which, though his by inheritance, Heinrich had not given him. He was soon defeated by an imperial army and was deposed and imprisoned, together with his son, in Gibichenstein in 1045. When his son died in prison, the war recommenced. Baudouin V of Flanders joined Geoffroy, and Heinrich gave Thierry, bishop of Verdun, the county of Verdun. Geoffroy surprised the bishop (who escaped) and sacked Verdun, burning the cathedral. On 11 November 1048 at Thuin, Geoffroy fell on Adalbert (son of Gerhard, Graf von Metz) with whom Heinrich had replaced Geoffroy in Upper Lorraine, and he defeated Adalbert, killing him in battle. Heinrich immediately nominated Adalbert's younger brother Gerhard to replace Adalbert at the Diet of Worms. In his subsequent campaigns to take the Moselle region, Geoffroy met with stiff resistance from Gerhard and was forced to renounce his claims and reconcile with the bishop of Verdun. He even assisted in rebuilding the cathedral he had destroyed.

With his first wife Uda, Geoffroy had two sons and two daughters but only the daughters had progeny. In 1053, after the death of Uda, Geoffroy married Beatrix of Lorraine, daughter of Friedrich II, duke of Upper-Lorraine and Mathilde von Schwaben. Beatrix was the widow of Boniface I, marquis of Tuscany and mother of three children: Beatrix (who died in 1053), Friedrich, and Matilda who grew to adulthood and became Boniface's heiress. Heinrich III arrested Beatrix and her young son Friedrich and imprisoned her in Germany. The emperor claimed that her marriage to Geoffroy had been contracted without his consent and was invalid. Nevertheless, Geoffroy took over the government of Tuscany in right of Beatrix and Matilda.

Baudouin V then rebelled, carrying the war to Trier and Nijmegen. Heinrich responded by devastating Flanders and ravaging Lille and Tournai. In this war, Geoffroy captured Friedrich, Graf von Luxembourg, the duke of Lower Lorraine, who had received that duchy, including Antwerp, from Heinrich III.

In 1055 Geoffroy besieged Antwerp, but Friedrich was saved by the Lorrainers, no longer loyal to Geoffroy. Emperor Heinrich died in 1056 when his successor Heinrich IV was only six years old. In that year Baudouin made peace and did homage to the new king. In 1056 and 1059, by the treaties of Andernach, Baudouin received the march of Ename in the landgraviate of Brabant, probably in exchange for giving up the march of Valenciennes which had been confiscated by Heinrich III in 1045.

In 1057 Geoffroy was exiled to Tuscany, where he joined Beatrix and co-governed with her. He was enfeoffed with the duchy of Spoleto in 1057 by Pope Stephan IX, his brother Friedrich of Lorraine. In January 1058 Leo de Benedicto Christiano (Benedictus Christianus) threw open the gates of Rome to him and Beatrix after the election of Pope Nicholas II. Possessing the Tiber and assaulting the Lateran, Geoffroy succeeded in expelling the antipope Benedict X on 24 January. During the papal reign of his brother and of his brother's reforming successors, he played an important role in the politics of central and northern Italy, including Sardinia, where he interfered on behalf of Barisone I of Logudoro against the republic of Pisa, indicating his authority over both.

In 1065, he was recalled to become duke of Lower Lorraine after the death of Friedrich. He was also given Antwerp again. He installed his court at Bouillon and died on Christmas Eve 1069. In Lower Lorraine he was succeeded by his son Geoffrey who married Matilda, daughter of his stepmother Beatrix of Lorraine.

 

Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

with the Beard has 3 great-grandfathers and 2 great-grandmothers recorded (5 in total).

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

with the Beard has 2 grandfathers and 1 grandmother recorded (3 in total).

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one uncle recorded.

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one aunt by marriage recorded.

Siblings-in-law of father (1)

Brother Arnulf II Graaf van Vlaanderen 973-987

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

with the Beard has one father recorded.

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has 1 co-father-in-law and 1 co-mother-in-law recorded (2 in total).

Parents-in-law of biological children (2)

Marriage  Eustace II Comte de Boulogne + Ida de Lorraine
2 Mathilda of Leuven 9841049

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one female partner recorded.

Partner of with the Beard  (1)

1 Uda

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

with the Beard has one sister recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one brother-in-law recorded.

Partners of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-sister-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one male first cousin recorded.

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

with the Beard has one nephew recorded.

Children of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

with the Beard has one daughter recorded.

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one son-in-law recorded.

Partners of biological children (1)

Daughter Ida de Lorraine

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

with the Beard has one grandson recorded.

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one granddaughter-in-law recorded.

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of with the Beard has 23 members (including with the Beard). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.

Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

with the Beard has 3 great-grandfathers recorded.

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

with the Beard has 2 grandfathers recorded.

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one uncle recorded.

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no uncles or aunts by marriage recorded.

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

with the Beard has one father recorded.

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-father-in-law recorded.

Parents-in-law of biological children (1)

Marriage  Eustace II Comte de Boulogne + Ida de Lorraine

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no partners recorded.

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

with the Beard has no siblings recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one brother-in-law recorded.

Partners of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no co-siblings-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one male first cousin recorded.

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

with the Beard has one nephew recorded.

Children of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

with the Beard has no children recorded.

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one son-in-law recorded.

Partners of biological children (1)

Daughter Ida de Lorraine

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

with the Beard has one grandson recorded.

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no grandchildren-in-law recorded.

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of with the Beard has 14 members (including with the Beard). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted)

Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

with the Beard has 2 great-grandmothers recorded.

Biological grandparents of father (1)

Parents Gozelo Graf im Bidgau und Methingau + Uda von Metz (Marriage) of Godefroy Graf von Verdun & Ardennes
1 Uda von Metz 963

Parents of stepparent of father (1)

Parents Arnulf I van Vlaanderen + Adela van Vermandois (Marriage) of stepfather Baudouin III Graaf van Vlaanderen
1 Adela van Vermandois 910960

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

with the Beard has one grandmother recorded.

Biological parents of father (1)

Marriage  Godefroy Graf von Verdun & Ardennes + Mathilde von Sachsen

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has no uncles or aunts recorded.

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one aunt by marriage recorded.

Siblings-in-law of father (1)

Brother Arnulf II Graaf van Vlaanderen 973-987

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

with the Beard has no parents recorded.

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-mother-in-law recorded.

Parents-in-law of biological children (1)

Marriage  Eustace II Comte de Boulogne + Ida de Lorraine
1 Mathilda of Leuven 9841049

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one female partner recorded.

Partner of with the Beard  (1)

1 Uda

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

with the Beard has one sister recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no siblings-in-law recorded.

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-sister-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has no first cousins recorded.

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

with the Beard has no nephews or nieces recorded.

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

with the Beard has one daughter recorded.

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no children-in-law recorded.

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

with the Beard has no grandchildren recorded.

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one granddaughter-in-law recorded.

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of with the Beard has 10 members (including with the Beard). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.

No family available

No family available

Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

with the Beard has 3 great-grandfathers and 2 great-grandmothers recorded (5 in total).

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

with the Beard has 2 grandfathers and 1 grandmother recorded (3 in total).

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one uncle recorded.

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one aunt by marriage recorded.

Siblings-in-law of father (1)

Brother Arnulf II Graaf van Vlaanderen 973-987

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

with the Beard has one father recorded.

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has 1 co-father-in-law and 1 co-mother-in-law recorded (2 in total).

Parents-in-law of biological children (2)

Marriage  Eustace II Comte de Boulogne + Ida de Lorraine
2 Mathilda of Leuven 9841049

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one female partner recorded.

Partner of with the Beard  (1)

1 Uda

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

with the Beard has one sister recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one brother-in-law recorded.

Partners of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-sister-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one male first cousin recorded.

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

with the Beard has one nephew recorded.

Children of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

with the Beard has one daughter recorded.

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one son-in-law recorded.

Partners of biological children (1)

Daughter Ida de Lorraine

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

with the Beard has one grandson recorded.

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one granddaughter-in-law recorded.

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of with the Beard has 23 members (including with the Beard). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.

No family available

Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

with the Beard has 3 great-grandfathers recorded.

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

with the Beard has 2 grandfathers recorded.

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one uncle recorded.

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no uncles or aunts by marriage recorded.

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

with the Beard has one father recorded.

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-father-in-law recorded.

Parents-in-law of biological children (1)

Marriage  Eustace II Comte de Boulogne + Ida de Lorraine

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no partners recorded.

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

with the Beard has no siblings recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one brother-in-law recorded.

Partners of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no co-siblings-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has one male first cousin recorded.

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

with the Beard has one nephew recorded.

Children of siblings (1)

Sister Oda of Lower-Lorraine

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

with the Beard has no children recorded.

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one son-in-law recorded.

Partners of biological children (1)

Daughter Ida de Lorraine

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

with the Beard has one grandson recorded.

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no grandchildren-in-law recorded.

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of with the Beard has 14 members (including with the Beard). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted)

No family available

Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

with the Beard has 2 great-grandmothers recorded.

Biological grandparents of father (1)

Parents Gozelo Graf im Bidgau und Methingau + Uda von Metz (Marriage) of Godefroy Graf von Verdun & Ardennes
1 Uda von Metz 963

Parents of stepparent of father (1)

Parents Arnulf I van Vlaanderen + Adela van Vermandois (Marriage) of stepfather Baudouin III Graaf van Vlaanderen
1 Adela van Vermandois 910960

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

with the Beard has one grandmother recorded.

Biological parents of father (1)

Marriage  Godefroy Graf von Verdun & Ardennes + Mathilde von Sachsen

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has no uncles or aunts recorded.

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one aunt by marriage recorded.

Siblings-in-law of father (1)

Brother Arnulf II Graaf van Vlaanderen 973-987

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

with the Beard has no parents recorded.

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-mother-in-law recorded.

Parents-in-law of biological children (1)

Marriage  Eustace II Comte de Boulogne + Ida de Lorraine
1 Mathilda of Leuven 9841049

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one female partner recorded.

Partner of with the Beard  (1)

1 Uda

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

with the Beard has one sister recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has no siblings-in-law recorded.

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

with the Beard has one co-sister-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

with the Beard has no first cousins recorded.

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

with the Beard has no nephews or nieces recorded.

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

with the Beard has one daughter recorded.

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

with the Beard has no children-in-law recorded.

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

with the Beard has no grandchildren recorded.

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

with the Beard has one granddaughter-in-law recorded.

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of with the Beard has 10 members (including with the Beard). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.

No family available

No family available