Count Henry OF GUELDERS AND ZUTPHEN 
Henry's father was Count/ Gerard I "Flaminous " Of Guelders VON WASSENBERG and his mother was Clemintina DE POITOU. His paternal grandfather was Heinrich(Dietrich) VON WASSENBERG; his maternal grandfather was Duke/Count Peter-William V OF AQUITAINE. He had two sisters named Jutta and Yolanda. He had a half-sister named Ermensinde.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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