Gerberge OF LOWER LORRAINE OF BRABANT 
Gerberge OF LOWER LORRAINE was born in 0970 in Lower Lorraine. Gerberge OF LOWER LORRAINE's father was Duke/Duke Charles of Upper Lorraine OF LAON and her mother was Adelheid DE ARDENNE. Her paternal grandparents were King Louis IV "Transmarinus" OF FRANCE and Princess/ Gerberge OF GERMANY; her maternal grandparents were Count/Count//Count Godfrey "the Captive" D'ARDENNE and Matilda VON SAXONY. She had a sister named Ermengarde Adelaide. She had two half-brothers named Charles and Ludwig.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.0921 d.0954
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.0950 in Laon, Aisne, France d.0991
- b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jul 0936 in Memleben, Saxe, Germany
- b.0913 in Saxony d.0984
- b.0895 in Memleben, Saxe, Germany d.0968 in Quedlinburg, Germany
- b.0970 in Lower Lorraine
- b.0881 d.0919
- b.0911 in Rhineland, Prussia d.0943
- b.0880
- b.0911 d.1005
- b.0885 d.0910 in Battle
- b.0910 d.0963
- b.0890
- b.0953 in Ardenne, France
- b.0885 d.0967
- b.0880 d.0973
- b.0929 d.1008
- b.0902 in Westerburg, Saxony, Germany
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Children
Count/ Lambert I DE LOUVAIN II "The Belted"
Lambert I DE LOUVAIN was born in 0991. He died at the age of 71 in 1062.
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