William III OF AQIUTAINE 
William III was born in 0968. William III's father was Count/ William II "Iron Arm" OF POITOU and his mother was Countess Emma Of Champagne OF BLOIS. His paternal grandparents were Count/ William I "Towhead" OF POITOU and Princess Gerlotte OF NORMANDY Adele; his maternal grandparents were Count/ Theobald I "The Cheat" OF BLOIS and Duchess Luitgarde DE VERMANDOIS. He had a brother and a sister, named William V "The Grand" and Hildegarde Of Anjou.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.0890
- b.0915
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on Dee, Cheshire, England
- d.0901
- b.0937 d.0995
- b.0860 in Norway d.0927
- b.0917 d.0962
- b.0868 in Rennes, France
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Neustria
- b.0872 in Evreaux, Neustria
- b.0968
- b.0910 d.0975
- b.0892
- b.0950
- 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 a son named Peter-William V.
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Children
Duke/Count Peter-William V OF AQUITAINE
Peter-William V was born in 1023. He died at the age of 35 in 1058.
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