Count Godfried (died 1161) was
Count of Montaigu and Clermont by inheritance, and
Count of Duras by virtue of his marriage. He was also seigneur (lord) of
Rochefort
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, and
advocate
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of
Dinant
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. He was thus a noble in
Lower Lotharingia
The Duchy of Lower Lotharingia, also called Northern Lotharingia, Lower Lorraine or Northern Lorraine (and also referred to as '' Lothier'' or '' Lottier'' .
His parents were
Lambert, Count of Montaigu and Clermont Lambert (died 1140 or after), Count of Montaigu and , son of Conon, Count of Montaigu. Lambert was also Seigneur de Rochefort, Advocate of Dinant, and Advocate of Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois.
As reported by both Albert of Aix and William of Tyre, ...
, and his wife Gertrud.
Godfried married Juliane, daughter of
Otto II, Count of Duras, and his wife Berthe of Valenciennes. They had five children:
*
Gilles, Count of Montaigu, Clermont and Duras
* Pierre de Montaigu (d. 1185 or after), canon at
Saint-Lambert, Liège
*
Conan II, Count of Montaigu, Clermont and Duras
* Gerberge de Montaigu (d. after 29 June 1206), married to Wery II de Walcourt
* Clarissa de Montaigu.
Upon the death of Godfried, his son Gilles inherited all three counties. Pierre is also listed as a Count of Montaigu, but as he died before his older brother, it is not clear that he ever actually held the title. After Conon's death, his brother-in-law Wery II de Walcourt became Count of Montaigu and Clermont, whereas
Gérard II, Count of Looz
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, became the Count of Duras.
Sources
*Wolters, Joseph Mathias, ''Notice Historique sur l’Ancien Comté de Duras en Hesbaie'', Gyselinck, 1855 (available o
Google Books
*{{citation, author=C. G. Roland, title=Les seigneurs et comtes de Rochefort, journal=Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur, volume=20, year=1893, url=https://archive.org/details/annalesdelasocie20soci/page/124, pages=63–141.
1161 deaths
Counts of Montaigu
Jure uxoris counts
People from Lower Lotharingia