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Ardennes counties; he appeared as Count of Verdun about 960. He married Matilda, a daughter of the
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1035:. Godfrey was succeeded in 1023 by his brother
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63:Cunigunda of France
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696:Regelindis
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201:Godfrey II
81:, and the
1027:in 1012,
683:Gozelo II
232:Henry III
191:margrave
170:Theodoric
140:Frederick
1049:Crusader
1037:Gozelo Ι
282:Henry IV
263:Henry IV
255:Beatrice
213:Henry II
181:Adalbero
172:in 978.
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146:Sigfried
130:Adalbero
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59:Lorraine
44:European
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209:German
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51:Verdun
36:French
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