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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7752969, member: 110504&quot;][USER=44106]@romismatist[/USER], I guess a point of clarification is called for.&nbsp; I knew <i>mine </i>was Godfrey the Bearded; my collecting centers around lineal ancestors (all from descendants of an underachieving son of Edward I, who settled in Maine in the 17th century.)&nbsp; I was asking if <i>yours</i> was.</p><p>As is true of so much in historical nomenclature, the numbering of Godefrois of Lorraine is less than consensual among academics.&nbsp; &#039;Godfrey the Bearded&#039; (II /III; d. 1069) was Duke of Upper Lorraine from 1044, and granted Lower Lorraine in 1065.&nbsp; The preceding Godfrey /Godefroi was Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1012-1023.&nbsp; Fortunately, Charles Cawley&#039;s magisterial &quot;Medieval Lands&quot; genealogical website comes to the rescue:&nbsp; <a href="https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm#_Toc359914662" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm#_Toc359914662" rel="nofollow">https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm#_Toc359914662</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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