Count Gozelon (died 1064), was an 11th century count who held the forts Behogne at

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, and Montaigu at , which are both in the

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in modern Belgium. He was also

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of the abbey of Saint-Barthélémy, Liège, beginning in 1043. Gozelon is the earliest known member of the family of Counts of Montaigu that eventually also became

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, by marriage to an heiress. He is of unknown parentage. The name Gozelon implies a family connection with the House of Verdun, who had several men with this name and a strong presence in the same Ardennes region. Gozlin, Count of the Ardennes, for example, had a grandson Gozelon, Count of Bastogne, the successor to his father Reginar. Another one of Gozlin's grandsons (the son of

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), was also known as Gozelo, but there is no direct evidence for a relationship. In 1038, in an act witnessed by Gozelon, Gothelo the Great (Duke of Lorraine), Arnold I of Looz, an unknown count named Sigebold, and the Archbishop of Trier Poppo von Babenberg, restored the monastery of St. Matheus of Trier. Gozelon married Ermentrude (perhaps also known as Ermengarde) de Grandpré. Gozelon and Ermentrude had five children: *

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* Raoul of Montaigu * Guy of Montaigu * Jean of Montaigu (d. before 1112), Provost of Saint Pierre, likely '' Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême'' (Angoulême Cathedral) * Henry of Montaigu (d. 1124 or after), Archdeacon and dean (decant) at Saint Lambert, Liège (1095). Gozelon was succeeded as count of Montaigu by his son Conon, a knight in service of his brother-in-law

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, the first ruler of the

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. For further details on the transition from Gozelon to his son, see Conon, Count of Montaigu. Gozelon died in 1064 after pillaging

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, which was possessed by the abbey of Saint Hubert, the Apostle of the Ardennes. Gozelon was nevertheless buried at the church of the abbey.

References

Sources

* *. *Wolters, Mathias J., ''Notice Historique sur lAncien Comté de Duras en Hesbaie'', McNally Jackson, 1855 (available o
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