Count William II "Busiard" Of Soissons D'EU 
William II "Busiard" Of Soissons was born in 1026. William II "Busiard" Of Soissons' father was Count William I Of Brionne and Eu DE BRIENNE OF NORMANDY and his mother was Alice Lesseline DE TURQUEVILLE DE HARCOUNT. His paternal grandparents were Duke/Duke Richard I "The FearLess" Of Normandy and Duchess Gunnora Of Normandy DE CREPON OF DENMARK; his maternal grandparents were Lord/ Turchetil DE TURQUEVILLE DE HARCOUNT and Anceline DE MONTFORT-SUR-RISLE. He had three brothers named Gilbert "Crispin" Of Tillieres, Robert and Pons. He died at the age of 70 in 1096 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.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.0860 in Norway d.0927
- b.0900 d.0942
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Neustria
- b.0872 in Evreaux, Neustria
- b.0933 in Normandy, France d.0996 in Poisoned by the Count of Flanders
- b.0845 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0939 in Murdered under orders of Clovis I
- b.0911
- b.0855
- b.0980 d.1015
- b.0906
- b.0946 d.1031
- b.1026 d.1096 in Salisbury, Wiltshire
- b.0904 in Normandy, France d.0955
- b.0928 in Normandy, France
- b.0904 in Normandy, France
- b.0951 in Normandy, France d. in Murdered
- b.0913
- b.0930
- b.1012
- b.0975 in Normandy, France
- b.1020 in Montfort, Normandy
- b.1000
- b.0945 d.1066
- b.~ 0985 d.1081
- b.1040 in Beauffou, Normandy
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