Count Robert I OF NAMUR 
Robert I was born about 0940. Robert I's father was Count Berenguer OF NAMUR and his mother was DE HAINAULT. His maternal grandparents were Count/ Rainer I DE HAINAULT and Albreda OF MONS. He was an only child. He died in 0980.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.
They had a son named Albert I.
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Children
Count Albert I OF NAMUR
Albert I was born in 0970 in Lower Lorriane. He died at the age of 41 in 1011.
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