Duke/Count Hermann Of Saxony BILLUNG 
Hermann Of Saxony was born in 0880. Hermann Of Saxony's father was Billung OF SAXONY and his mother was Frederunda. He was an only child. He died at the age of 93 in 0973.General Notes
Credited with the first unification of the country, convertedthe Danes to Christianity, and conquered Norway. After hisBaptism his fathers pagan tomb was transformed into a Christianplace of worship.
Introduced Christianity into Denmark, he had the famous Jellingrune stone erected in his parent memory. He was fatally woundedduring a rebellion by his son and successor, Sveng I.
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