Godfrey and his family, today known as the House of Ardenne were Lotharingian adherents of the Ottonian kings of Germany, and opponents of the Lotharingian claims of the French Carolingians.
Godfrey and his family, now referred to as the House of Ardenne, were staunch supporters of the Ottonian rulers of Germany and opposed the French Carolingians' claims in Lotharingia.