Princess Adwige Capet OF FRANCE 
Adwige Capet was born in 0962. Adwige Capet's father was Duke/ Hugh Of The Franks CAPET and her mother was Adelaide OF AGUITAINE. Her paternal grandparents were Hugh MAGNUS and Princess Hedwig OF THE GERMANS; her maternal grandparents were Count/ William I "Towhead" OF POITOU and Princess Gerlotte OF NORMANDY Adele. She had a brother and two sisters, named Robert II "The Pious" Of France, Adele and Gisele Capet.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.0820 d.0923
- b.~ 0895 d.Jun 0956 in Deurdan
- b.0845 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0939 in Murdered under orders of Clovis I
- b.0870 d.0931
- b.0855
- b.0938 in France d.24 Oct 0996 in Les Juif, Near Chatres, France
- b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jul 0936 in Memleben, Saxe, Germany
- b.0895 in Memleben, Saxe, Germany d.0968 in Quedlinburg, Germany
- b.0962
- b.0890
- b.0915
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on Dee, Cheshire, England
- d.0901
- b.0945 d.~ 1004
- 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
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