Lord Gilbert FitzRichard Of Tonbridge And Cardigan DE CLARE
Gilbert FitzRichard Of Tonbridge And Cardigan was born in 1065 in Clare, Suffolk, England. He died at the age of 52 in 1117 in England.
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.