Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau

Gozlin (911 – between 19 Oct 942 and 16 Feb 943), was count of the Ardennes and the Bidgau, and army commander for his brother, Adalbero I of Metz.

Gozlin was a son of Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda of France. In 930, he married Oda of Metz (905 – 10 Apr 963), a daughter of Count Gerard of Metz and Oda of Saxony. Through her mother Oda was a cousin of King Henry the Fowler of East Francia (Germany). Gozlin and Oda had the following children:

Reginar, count of Bastogne (d. 18 Apr 963). One of his sons was Adalberon (bishop of Laon).
Henry (d. 6 Sep 1000), Count of Arlon.
Godfrey "the Captive" (935/940 – 3 Sep 995/1002), count of Verdun
Adalberon (935/940 – 23 Jan 989), archbishop of Reims 969-989

Sources

Parisse, ‘Généalogie de la Maison d'Ardenne’, La maison d'Ardenne Xe-XIe siècles. Actes des Journées Lotharingiennes, 24 - 26 oct. 1980, Centre Univ., Luxembourg, (1981) 9-41

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