Count// Adalbert DE GENT 
Adalbert was born in 0985 in Ghent, Flanders. Adalbert's father was Count/Count Arnolph I Of Ghent OF HOLLAND and his mother was Luitgarde DE LUXEMBURG. His paternal grandparents were Count/Count Dirk II OF HOLLAND Dietrich II and Countess Hildegarde Of Amiens DE GAND DE FLANDERS OF HOLLAND; his maternal grandparents were Count Siegfried IV Of Luxemburg DE CLEVES DE ALSACE and Edith DE LONGWY Hedwig. He had a brother and a sister, named Dirk III OF HOLLAND and Aleida.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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0920 in Ghent, Flanders d.0988
- b.0935 in Grand, Falndre-Oriental, Belgium
- b.0890
- b.0930 in Zuid Holland, Neitherlands
- b.0845 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0939 in Murdered under orders of Clovis I
- b.0885 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 Feb 0930 in St. Quentin, France
- b.0855
- b.0914 d.0969
- b.0820 d.0923
- b.0890
- b.0853
- b.0985 in Ghent, Flanders
- b.0881 d.0919
- b.0922 d.0998
- b.0880
- b.0963 in Brabant, Belgium
- b.0900
- b.0934 d.0992
- b.0881 d.0919
- b.0914 d.0986
- b.0880
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