Gottfried Haroldsson

• Preferred Name: Gottfried Haroldsson^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: "Roi de Dorestad et de Rustringen"
  
• FSID: LRPY-5XF
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: "Duc de Frise (882-885)"
  
• Death: JUN 885 in Spijk, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Netherlands at LATI: N1.8492 LONG: E0.1531 with note: English version of what was submitted.Standardized Death Place
  
• Birth: JUN 826 in Hiathabu, Duchy of Saxony, Francia at LATI: N6 LONG: E0 with note: standardize place
  
• Christening: 24 JUN 826 in Saint Alban's Abbey, Austrsia, Francia, Frankish Kingdom at LATI: N8.5566 LONG: E2.5405
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Godfrid Haraldsson (c. 820 – c. 856) was the son of the Danish king Harald Klak. In 826 he was baptized together with his parents in Mainz in the Frankish Empire, with crown prince Lothair standing as a godparent.
  
  After his baptism, Godfrid stayed in Lothair's retinue, until they fell out sometime in the 840s, and Godfrid returned to Denmark. There he teamed up with Rorik, the son of his father's brother (his cousin). In 850 they united against Lothair and raided Dorestad. Rorik took possession of Frisia. Godfrid continued to plunder Flanders and Artois, and returned to Denmark for the winter. In 851 he was back, raiding in Frisia and around the Rhine, then sailed up the Scheldt to attack Ghent and the abbey of Drongen.
  
  After another winter in Denmark, Godfred returned again in 853 to Francia. On 9 October 853 he sailed up the Seine. The fleet advanced beyond Rouen, as far as Pont-de-l'Arche, and encamped on an island near Les Andelys. Charles the Bald summoned his army as well as that of the Middle Kingdom of Lothar, Godfred's godfather. The two sides faced each other the whole winter, the Frankish land army lacking boats to attack the Vikings. The stalemate was resolved in the spring of 853 when Godfred sailed away, probably with a tribute.
  
  In 855 Godfred and his cousin Rorik tried to gain power in Denmark after the death of king Horik I. The attempt failed, and they returned the same year, taking back Dorestad and a large part of the area of what is now The Netherlands. After this, the sources are silent about this Godfred. He probably died soon afterwards.
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  GODEFRID (-murdered Jun 885). The Annales Bertiniani record that "Godefridus, Herioldi Dani filius", who had been baptised at Mainz during the reign of Emperor Louis, defected from Emperor Lothar in 852, raided Frisia, and sailed up the Scheldt and the Seine. The Annales Fuldenses record that "Nordmanni Godafredo duce" sailed up the Seine in 850 and that Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks granted him territory, without specifying where this was. He lost control of Rüstringen in 856. The Annales Bertiniani record that "Roric et Godofridus" returned to Denmark after Emperor Lothaire gave Frisia to his son Lothaire in 855, but recovered most of Frisia at the end of the same year, establishing themselves at Dorestad. Duke of Frisia 882. The Annales Fuldenses names "Nortmannorum…cum ipsis regibus…Sigifredo et Godofrido, principis Vurm, Hals" when recording a Viking attack in 882, in another manuscript recording the baptism of "Gotafridum" and that he was given "comitatus et benefice qua Rorich Nordmannus…in Kinnin [Kennemerland]" held from the Frankish kings. The Annales Vedastini record that "Godefridus…rex" was granted land which "olim Roricus Danus tenuerat" in 882. The Annales Vedastini record that "Godefridus Danus" was killed in the city of "Gerulfi sui fidelis" by "Heinrico duce" in 885.
  
  married 882 GISELA, illegitimate daughter of LOTHAIRE II King of Lotharingia [Carolingian] & his mistress Waldrada --- ([860/65]-[21 May/26 Oct] 907). Regino records the marriage in 882 of "Gisla filia Hlotharii" and "rex Godofridus Nordmannorum". The Annales Fuldenses record the marriage of "Gotafrid Nordmannus qui superiore anno fuerat baptizatus" and "Hugone Hlutharii filio eiusque sororem" in 883. The Annales Vedastini record the marriage in 882 between "Godefridus…rex" and "Gislam filiam Hlotharii regis". Abbess at Nivelles and Fosses, after her husband died. "Zendeboldus…rex" gave "proprietatem…in loco…VII Fontes" to "propinqua nostra…Kisla…regis Lotharii filia…abbatisse" by charter dated 30 Jul 896. "Zuendebolchus…rex" gave property to "neptis nostre…Gissele…Nyuialensis abbaciæ" for her abbey by charter dated 26 Jul 897[84].
  
  i) [REINHILD (-11 May ----). The wife of Theoderich is named "Reinhildam, Danorum Fresonumque germine procreatam" in the Vita Mathildis Reginæ.
  According to Europäische Stammtafeln, she was the daughter of Duke Godefrid & his wife Gisela [Carolingian], which is presumably a guess based on this description in the Vita Mathildis. However, the chronology is not ideal. Regino records the marriage in 882 of "Gisla filia Hlotharii" and "rex Godofridus Nordmannorum". If this couple's daughter was the mother of Queen Mathilde, the latter's estimated birth date (see below) would need to be pushed forward by several years, which makes the chronology for her known descendants tight. A better fit for the wife of Theoderich may be Regenlind, [sister of Bovo Bishop of Chalons, daughter of ---]. The known sister of Bishop Bovo was Frederuna, wife of Charles III "le Simple" King of the Franks. This hypothesis would therefore explain (1) the name Frederuna being transmitted to Regenhild's daughter, and (2) Berenger Bishop of Cambrai, recorded elsewhere as nepos of Queen Frederuna, being described as "…Ottonis imperatoris proxime consanguineus" in the Gesta Episcoporum Cameracensium. If this is correct, the reference to Reginlind being "Danorum Fresonumque germine procreatam" has not been explained. m ([900]) THEODERICH, son of --- & his wife Mathilde --- (-8 Feb 917).
  
  Godefrid, son of Harald "Klak"
  https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm#HalfdanMildidied802B
  HARALD "Klak" [Heriold] (-killed in battle Walcheren 844).
  The Vita Hludowici Imperatoris records that "Herioldum" was expelled from
  
  Gottfried, Prince of Denmark
  Gottfried, Prince of Denmark was born circa 852.1 He married Gisela von Lothringen, daughter of Lothar II König von Lothringen and Waldrada I (?), in 883.2 He died in 885.1
  He gained the tit
  
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  The following is excerpted from a post by Stewart Baldwin, 18 Nov 1996:
  
  From: Stewart Baldwin (sbald@auburn.campus.mci.net)
  Subject: Danish kings, 8th & 9th centuries
  Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
  Date: 1996/11/18
  
  Godefrid, son of Harald [AB 852], an unsuccessful claimant to the
  Danish throne in 855. He attacked Frisia in 852 [AB], and then
  made peace with Charles the Bald in 853 [AB]. With his kinsman
  Rorik (see below), he went to Denmark in 855 [AB], in an attempt
  to gain power there after the civil war of 854, but their
  attempts were unsuccessful, and they returned to their base in
  Dorestad. It is not clear whether this Godefrid is the same
  person as the Danish Viking of that name who was active in the
  period 882-885, married Gisla (daughter of Lothar II) in 882, was
  granted lands which Rorik had previously held, and was killed in
  885. [See AF 882-5].
  
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  aka Godofrid Haroldson, King of Haithabu.
  
  === aka Godofrid Haroldson, King of Haithabu ===
  aka Godofrid Haroldson, King of Haithabu.
  
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1. Title: Painting by Jacobus van Dijck: "The Murder of Godfried the Norman"
   Author: http://am.adlibhosting.com/amonline/details/collect/38152 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacobus_van_Dijck_-_Anno_885._De_moord_op_Godfried_de_Noorman_-_SA_4877_-_Amsterdam_Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrid,_Duke_of_Frisia
   Publication: Name: http://am.adlibhosting.com/amonline/details/collect/38152;
   Note: http://am.adlibhosting.com/amonline/details/collect/38152 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacobus_van_Dijck_-_Anno_885._De_moord_op_Godfried_de_Noorman_-_SA_4877_-_Amsterdam_Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrid,_Duke_of_Frisia
   
2. Title: Unknown GXVC-M97
   Author: [Four] siblings. They may have been of Danish origin and based in Frisia, if the speculation about the origin of Reginlind, wife of Theoderich, is correct, as she is referred to as "Danorum Fresonumque germine procreatam" (see below).
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Reims.htm#Frederunadied917;
   
3. Title: Wikipedia: Godfrid, Duke of Frisia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrid,_Duke_of_Frisia;
   
4. Title: Blount Family Line
   Author: tudorplace.com
   Publication: Name: http://tudorplace.com.ar/BLOUNT1.htm#Robert%20%22The%20Admiral%22%20Le%20BLOUNT%20(1%C2%B0%20B.%20Ixworth);
   Note: A list of Blount family royalty from ~1000 AD to ~1600 AD. Gottfried is the first name on the list
   
5. Title: Godfrid Haraldsson, son of Danish king Harald Klak
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrid_Haraldsson;
   
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