Gothelo

Gozelo, Gotzelo, Gothelo, Gozilo or Goscelo are variant spellings of a masculine given name of Germanic origin. The French form is Gozelon. It was most common in Lotharingia in the Middle Ages. It is a variant of Gozlin,[1] and a diminutive of Godfrey.[2]

* Gozelo, Count of Bidgau and Methingau (died 942/3), also known as Gozlin
* Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (died 1044), nicknamed "the Great"
* Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine (died 1046), nicknamed "the Sluggard"
* Gozelo I, Count of Montaigu (died 1064), founder of the county of Montaigu
* Gozelo II, Count of Montaigu (died 1097), joined the First Crusade

## Notes

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1. ^ Donald C. Jackman (2012), Studia Luxembourgensia, Archive for Medieval Prosopography, No. 13 (State College, PA: Editions Enlaplage), p. 8.
2. ^ Alan V. Murray (2000), The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History 1099–1125 (Prosopographica et Genealogica), p. 7.

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