Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 34 generations before him, through House of Ardennes-Verdun, Comital house of Metz, De Parroye, De Froville. Each step below is derived from the archive’s single canonical genealogy; spouses appear on the same generational row as their partner.

1. •Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun × Mathilde of Saxonyc. 935 to c. 1005
2. ↓Gerberge of Verdun × Folmar of MetzDates not established
3. ↓Gottfried of Metz × Judith of LuxembourgDates not established
4. ↓Simon de ParroyeDates not established
5. ↓Sicard (Simon II) de ParroyeDates not established
6. ↓Odoin I de FrovilleDates not established
7. ↓Odon II de Froville × Adélaïde de NeuvillerDates not established
8. ↓Simon de Froville × Mathilde de ParroyDates not established
9. ↓Simon I de Parroye × MathildeDates not established
10. ↓Albert de ParroyeDates not established
11. ↓Albert de Haute-Pierrec. 1172 to c. 1222
12. ↓Albert de Haute-PierreDied 20 October 1231
13. ↓Liébaud de Haute-Pierre × IsabelleDied 1281
14. ↓Marguerite de Haute-Pierre × Jean II de ToullonDates not established
15. ↓Thiébaud (Liébaud) de Toullonlate 13th century to c. 1343
16. ↓Catherine de Haute-Pierre × Jacques de GircourtBorn late 13th / early 14th century
17. ↓Catherine de Gircourt × Mengin Le Clercc. 1320 to after 1355
18. ↓Colin Le Clerc × Marguerite PetitgoutDates not established
19. ↓Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny × N. de Pullignyc. 1410 to c. 1465
20. ↓Mengin II Le Clerc × MengetteDates not established
21. ↓Claude Leclerc de Pulligny × Catherine de Trèves de Xirocourtc. 1485 to 1562
22. ↓Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny × Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
23. ↓Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny × Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
24. ↓Nicolas Le Clerc × Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
25. ↓Alexandre II Le Clerc × Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
26. ↓François 'Pierre' Le Claire × Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
27. ↓Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur × Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
28. ↓'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire × Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
29. ↓Johann Baptiste Le Clair × Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
30. ↓Gottfried Leclair × Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
31. ↓Julius Leclair × Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
32. ↓Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
33. ↓Monika Ute Licklär × Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
34. ↓Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble × Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
35. ↓Brandon Noble LeClaire × Abigail Jane GreenlandBorn 1995

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1. 1. Major published genealogical reference

   Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33

   • Cited for: Sir Johann III von Mengen and his Mengen ancestry
   • Cited for: His marriage to Catherine de Bauffremont