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, Adalberon 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)
- Henry (d. 6 Sep 1000)
- Godfrey (935/940 – 3 Sep 995/1002), count of Verdun
- Adalberon (935/940 – 23 Jan 989), archbishop of Reims 969-989
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