Bouchard II "Le Barbu" DE MONTMORENCY 
Bouchard II "Le Barbu" was born in 0958. Bouchard II "Le Barbu"'s father was Bouchard DE MONTMORENCY and his mother was Hildegarde DE BLOIS. His paternal grandparents were Alberice DE MONTMORENCY and Elgifu OF WESSEX; his maternal grandparents were Count/ Theobald I "The Cheat" OF BLOIS and Duchess Luitgarde DE VERMANDOIS. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Geoffrey II and Melisende. He died at the age of 62 in 1020.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
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They had two sons named Thribaut and Bouchard III.
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