Count Guy I OF PONTHIEU 
Guy I was born in 1035. Guy I's father was Hugh II PONTHIEU and his mother was Countess Bertha Of Pontieu D'AUMALE. His paternal grandparents were Count Enguerrand I OF PONTHIEU & MONTREUIL and Aleida DE GAND OF HOLLAND; his maternal grandfather was Guerinfry OF AUMALE. He had two brothers named Enguerrand III and Enguerrand II. He was the youngest of the three children.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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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0944 d.0981
- b.0956
- b.0946
- b.0980 d.1046
- b.~ 0895 d.Jun 0956 in Deurdan
- b.0938 in France d.24 Oct 0996 in Les Juif, Near Chatres, France
- b.0915
- b.0945 d.~ 1004
- b.0917 d.0962
- b.0990
- b.0920 in Ghent, Flanders d.0988
- b.0935 in Grand, Falndre-Oriental, Belgium
- b.0890
- b.0930 in Zuid Holland, Neitherlands
- b.0914 d.0969
- b. in Gand, Falndre-Oriental, Belgium
- b.0881 d.0919
- b.0922 d.0998
- b.0880
- b.0963 in Brabant, Belgium
- b.0900
- b.0934 d.0992
- b.0914 d.0986
- b.1035
- b.0994 in Aumale, Normandy, France
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