# Godefroy

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'''Godefroy''' is a surname of Old French origin, and originally a given name, cognate with [Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_(name))/Geoffroy/[Jeffrey](/source/Jeffrey_(given_name))/Jeffries, [Godfrey](/source/Godfrey_(name)), [Gottfried](/source/Gottfried), etc.  

Godefroy or Godefroi may refer to:
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==People==
===Given name===
* [Godefroi, Count of Durbuy](/source/Godefroi%2C_Count_of_Durbuy) (d. before 1124), son of Henry I
* [Godefroi, Count of Montaigu](/source/Godefroi%2C_Count_of_Montaigu) (died 1161), Count of Clermont, Count of Duras 
* [Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades](/source/Godefroi%2C_Comte_d'Estrades) (1607–1686), French diplomat and marshal
* [Godefroi, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais](/source/Godefroi%2C_prince_de_La_Tour_d'Auvergne-Lauraguais) (1823–1871), French politician
* [Godefroy de Blonay](/source/Godefroy_de_Blonay) (1869–1937), a member of the International Olympic Committee and one of the founders and first president of the Swiss Olympic Association
* [Godefroy Calès](/source/Godefroy_Cal%C3%A8s) (1799–1868), French physician and politician
* [Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac](/source/%C3%89l%C3%A9onore-Louis_Godefroi_Cavaignac) (1801–1845), French politician and journalist <!--known as Godefroi Cavaignac-->
* Godefroy [de Forçant](/source/de_For%C3%A7ant) (died 1809), French Navy officer and adventurer
* [Godefroy Durand](/source/Godefroy_Durand) (1832–1896), German-born French illustrator and draughtsman
* [Godefroy Engelmann](/source/Godefroy_Engelmann) (1788–1839), Franco-German lithographer and chromolithographer
* [Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon](/source/Godefroy_Maurice_de_La_Tour_d'Auvergne%2C_Duke_of_Bouillon) (1636–1721)
* [Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne](/source/Godefroy_de_La_Tour_d'Auvergne) (1728–1792), Duke of Bouillon
* [Godefroy Vujicic](/source/Godefroy_Vujicic) (born 1975), French classical cellist
* [Godefroy Wendelin](/source/Godefroy_Wendelin) (1580–1667), astronomer from the County of Loon (now in Belgium)
* [Godefroy Zumoffen](/source/Godefroy_Zumoffen) (1848–1928), French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist

===Surname===
* [Andrew Godefroy](/source/Andrew_Godefroy) (born 1972), Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian
* [Charles Godefroy](/source/Charles_Godefroy) (1888–1958), French aviator noted for flying through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1919
* [Denis Godefroy](/source/Denis_Godefroy) (1549–1622), French jurist
* [Eliza Anderson Godefroy](/source/Eliza_Anderson_Godefroy) (1779–1839), believed to be the first woman to edit a general-interest magazine in the United States, wife of Maximilian Godefroy
* [Frédéric Godefroy](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Godefroy) (1826–1897), French author
* [Hugh C. Godefroy](/source/Hugh_C._Godefroy), World War II flying ace with the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force - see [List of World War II flying aces](/source/List_of_World_War_II_flying_aces)
* [Jean-Pierre Godefroy](/source/Jean-Pierre_Godefroy) (born 1944), French politician
* [Jocelyn Godefroi](/source/Jocelyn_Godefroi) (1880–1969), British translator
* [Maximilian Godefroy](/source/Maximilian_Godefroy) (1765–c. 1838), French-American architect
* [Thibault Godefroy](/source/Thibault_Godefroy) (born 1985), French bobsledder
* [Godefroy family](/source/Godefroy_family), a French noble family

===Other===
* [Raymond de Gaufredi](/source/Raymond_de_Gaufredi) (died 1310), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Godefroy, Minister General of the Franciscan Order from 1289 to 1295

==Places==
* [La Godefroy](/source/La_Godefroy), a commune in the Manche department of France
* [Godefroy, Les Cayes, Haiti](/source/Godefroy%2C_Les_Cayes%2C_Haiti), a village in the Les Cayes municipality
* [Godefroy River](/source/Godefroy_River), Quebec, Canada 

== See also ==
* [Galfrid](/source/Galfrid)
* [Geoffrey (given name)](/source/Geoffrey_(given_name)), [Geoffroy (surname)](/source/Geoffroy_(surname)), [Jeffrey](/source/Jeffrey_(given_name)), [Jeffries](/source/Jeffries), [Jeffers](/source/Jeffers)
* [Godfrey (name)](/source/Godfrey_(name)), [Gottfried](/source/Gottfried), [Goffredo](/source/Goffredo)
* [Godred](/source/Godred)/Guðrøðr
* [Gofraid](/source/Gofraid)/Goraidh

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