Bouchard III DE MONTMORENCY 
Bouchard III's father was Bouchard II "Le Barbu" DE MONTMORENCY and his mother was Helvide BASSET. His paternal grandparents were Bouchard DE MONTMORENCY and Hildegarde DE BLOIS. He had a brother named Thribaut.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.0880
- b.0910
- b.0937
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.0912
- b.0958 d.1020
- b.0910 d.0975
- b.0892
- b.0943
- 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.0917 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0978
- b.0820 d.0923
- b.0890
- b.0853
- b.0970
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They had a son named Herve.
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