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's household, now recognized as the House of Ardenne, shared allegiance with the German Ottonian monarchs and disagreed with the French Carolingians' assertions regarding Lotharingia.