Person:Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine (1)

Godfrey IV _____, Duke of Lower Lorraine
b.Est 1035
d.26 Feb 1076
m.
  1. Ide de BoulogneAbt 1032 - 1113
  2. Godfrey IV _____, Duke of Lower LorraineEst 1035 - 1076
  • HGodfrey IV _____, Duke of Lower LorraineEst 1035 - 1076
  • WMatilda of Tuscany1046 - 1115
Facts and Events
Name Godfrey IV _____, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1035
Marriage to Matilda of Tuscany
Death[2] 26 Feb 1076 murdered
Reference Number Q704988 (Wikidata)


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Godfrey IV (died 26 or 27 February 1076), known as the Hunchback, was Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1069 until his death in 1076, succeeding his father Godfrey the Bearded.

In the year of his accession, he married Margravine Matilda of Tuscany, daughter of his stepmother Beatrice of Bar, and thus became margrave of Tuscany. Godfrey and Matilda had only one child, Beatrice, who was born in 1071 and died the same year. From 1071 onwards, Godfrey lived apart from his wife. The two spouses were on opposite sides in the Investiture Controversy: Matilda was a partisan of Pope Gregory VII and Godfrey of Emperor Henry IV.

He warred on Henry's behalf against Magnus, Duke of Saxony, in 1075 and on that of the bishop of Utrecht in 1076 against Counts Dirk V of Holland and Robert I of Flanders. He was assassinated by spear in Vlaardingen while "answering the call of nature". Despite Matilda's opposition he nominated his nephew Godfrey of Bouillon to succeed him, but the emperor instead appointed his own son, Conrad. Godfrey of Bouillon succeeded eventually in 1087 and gained fame on the First Crusade.

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References
  1.   Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. GODEFROI ([1025/40]-murdered Vlaardingen, near Antwerp 26 Feb 1076, bur Verdun Cathedral), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.