Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau explained

Gozlin (c. 911  - between 19 October 942 and 16 February 943) was count of the Ardennes and the Bidgau. He was also army commander for his brother, Adalbero I of Metz.^[1]

Gozlin was a son of Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda of France. In 930, he married Oda of Metz (905  - 10 April 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 April 963). One of his sons was Adalberon (bishop of Laon).
• Henry (d. 6 September 1000), Count of Arlon.
• Godfrey "the Captive" (935/940  - 3 September 995/1002), count of Verdun
• Adalberon (935/940  - 23 January 989), archbishop of Reims 969-989.

Sources

• Book: Nash, Penelope . Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society . Palgrave Macmillan . 2017 .
• 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

Notes and References

1. Huysmans . Ortwin . January 2015 . Pious Foundation or Strategic Masterstroke? The Chronicon Mosomense and the Reform of Mouzon by Archbishop Adalbero of Reims (969-989) . Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique . 110 . 1-2 . 103–134 . 10.1484/j.rhe.5.105329 . 0035-2381.