Count Enguerrand I OF PONTHIEU & MONTREUIL 
Enguerrand I was born in 0980. Enguerrand I's father was Lord Hughes I Of Abbeville PONTHIEU and his mother was Princess Gisele Capet OF FRANCE. His paternal grandparents were Count Hildouin III Of Montreuil DE PONTHIEU and Hersende; his maternal grandparents were Duke/ Hugh Of The Franks CAPET and Adelaide OF AGUITAINE. He was an only child. He died at the age of 66 in 1046.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.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.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.0847 in Bayeux, Neustria
- b.0872 in Evreaux, Neustria
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They had two sons named Hugh II and Hughues II.
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