• Source: Goswin

      • Goswin is a Germanic male given name originally meaning "friend (win) of the Goths (gos)" As Gosewijn, Goswijn or Gozewijn (with short forms Goos, Goes, Gosse and Geus) it was quite common in the Middle Ages in the Low Countries. Latinized versions include Gos(s)uinus, Gosvinus, and Goswinus, while in French the name has been rendered Gosvin and Gossuin (e.g. fr:Gossuin d'Anchin).
      People with this name include:

      Gosse Ludigman (died 1000), possibly fictitious governor of Western Frisia
      Goswin I of Heinsberg (ca. 1060–1128), Limburg count, lord of Valkenburg
      Goswin of Anchin (c. 1085–1165), Flemish Benedictine abbot and saint
      Goswin (bishop of Poznań), 12th-century Polish Bishop
      Goswin of Bossut (fl. 1230s), Cistercian writer
      Gozewijn van Randerath (fl. 1250), Bishop of Utrecht
      Goswin von Herike (died 1359), ruler of Livonia
      Goswin Haex van Loenhout (died 1475), Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht
      Goswin van der Weyden (1455–1543), Flemish painter
      Goswin Nickel (1582–1664), German Jesuit priest
      Goswin de Fierlant (ca. 1735—1804), Flemish councillor
      Goswin de Stassart (1780–1854), Dutch-Belgian politician
      Gozewijn Jan Loncq (1810–1887), Dutch physician and University Dean
      Goswin Karl Uphues(1841–1916), German philosopher
      Goswin von der Ropp (1850–1919), German historian
      Goos Meeuwsen (born 1982), Dutch circus performer


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