Collateral blood relative

Gothelo of Lower Lorraine

Son of Godfrey the Captive; duke of Lower Lorraine from 1023 and, for the last dozen years of his life, of both Lorraines at once, the high point of the house of Ardennes.

Dates: c. 967 to 1044
Titles and offices: Duke of Lower Lorraine
Duke of Upper Lorraine
House or family: House of Ardennes
Father: Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun
Mother: Mathilde of Saxony
Spouse: Not recorded
Relationship to Brandon: Brother of the direct ancestress Gerberge of Verdun. The ducal line of Lower Lorraine descends from him; this pedigree does not.
Evidence status: Published Genealogy

Collateral blood relative. Brother of the direct ancestress Gerberge of Verdun. The ducal line of Lower Lorraine descends from him; this pedigree does not.

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

This person is a collateral blood relative. No line of descent runs through them.

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Paternal line

Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun

Maternal line

Mathilde of Saxony

All 15 recorded ancestors of Gothelo of Lower Lorraine

Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdunc. 935 to c. 1005
Mathilde of Saxonyc. 941 to c. 1008
Gozlin of Bidgauc. 910 to c. 943
Oda of Metzc. 909 to c. 967
Wigeric of LotharingiaDied before 922
CunigundaDates not established
Ermentrude of the CarolingiansDates not established
Louis II, King of West Francia1 November 846 to 10 April 879
Adelaide of Parisc. 850 to c. 901
Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor13 June 823 to 6 October 877
Ermentrude of Orléans27 September 823 to 6 October 869
Louis the Pious16 April 778 to 20 June 840
Judith of Bavaria, Empressc. 797 to 19 April 843
Charlemagne2 April 747 or 748 to 28 January 814
Hildegard of the Vinzgauc. 754 to 30 April 783

Sources for this record

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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

Further references

Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens and related prosopographical studies
Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33