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Godfrey I (died 1002) called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif) sometimes the Old (le Vieux) was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the count of Verdun from 963 to his death. In 969 he obtained the Margraviate of Antwerp and Ename. Between 974 and 998 he was also the count of Hainault and Mons.He was the son of Gozlin Count of Bidgau and Methingau and Oda of Metz.