Earl Gilbert FitzGilbert Of Pembroke and Hereford DE CLARE 
Gilbert FitzGilbert Of Pembroke and Hereford was born in 1086 in Tunbridge, England. Gilbert FitzGilbert Of Pembroke and Hereford's father was Lord Gilbert FitzRichard Of Tonbridge And Cardigan DE CLARE and his mother was Adeliza DE CLERMONT. His maternal grandparents were Count Hugh DE Creil Of Claremont DE CLERMONT and Marquerite DE ROUCY. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Baldwin Fitzgilbert Of Bourne Deeping, Richard FitzGilbert Of Hertford, John "The Marshall", Agnes, Alice, Margaret and Rose FitzGilbert Of Monmouth. He was the oldest of the eight children. He had a half-brother named Herve. He died at the age of 61 on January 6th, 1147.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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- b.1065 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.1117 in England
- b.1086 in Tunbridge, England d.06 Jan 1147
- b.0970 d.1047
- b.0995 d.1060
- b.1020 d.1087
- b.1030 in Cleremont, Beauvais, France d.1101
- b.0940
- b.0970
- b.1010
- b.~ 1074 in Northamptonshire
- b.0950 d.0992
- b.0980 d.1063
- b.1010 in Montdidier, Sommes, France d.1062
- b.1035 in Montdidier, Sommes, France d.1110 in England
- b.0960
- b.~ 0988 d.11 May 1033
- b.1014 in Roucy, Aisne, Frane d.1063
- b.0950
- b.0986
- b.0962
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