Godefroi (d. before 1124), Count of Durbuy, son of

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. Godefroi captured Otbert, Bishop of Liège, and imprisoned him in Durbuy. This presumably was related to the conflict between Otbert and Godfrey I the Bearded, Count of Louvain over the County of

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, who

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eventually entrusted to

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. This is related to the dispute between

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and

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, over the Abbey of Sint-Triuden. Godefroi married Alix de Grandpré, daughter of Henri, Count of Grandpré and Porcien, and his wife Ermentrude de Joux, daughter of Conon "Falcon" Grandson. Ermentrude was the sister of

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. Godefroi and Alix had three children: * Richard I,

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* Henry II, Count of Durbuy * Alix de Durbuy. Upon his death, Godefroi was succeeded as Count of Durbuy by his son Henry. When Henry died, the countship of Durbuy transferred to his cousin, Henry the Blind, and subsequently to the family of the Dukes of Limburg.

Sources

* Gade, John A., ''Luxembourg in the Middle Ages'', Brill, 1951 * ''Terre de Durbuy, catalogue d'exposition, Durbu''y, Halle aux Blés, Ministère de la Communauté française, Direction générale des Arts et des Lettres, Administration du Patrimoine Culturel, 1982 Belgian nobility