Mannasses DE DAMMARTIN 
Mannasses was born in 1010 in Dammartin, France. Mannasses' father was Count Hildouin I DE RAMERU DE MONTDIDIE and his mother was DE DANMARTIN. He had a brother named Hildouin II. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 27 in 1037 in Battle Of Bar.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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