Duke Bernhard Billung II OF SAXONY 
Bernhard Billung II was born in 0960. Bernhard Billung II's father was Duke Herman Billung OF SAXONY and his mother was Hildegarde OF WESTERBOURG. His paternal grandparents were Duke/Count Hermann Of Saxony BILLUNG and Hildegarde DE WESTERBOURG. He had a sister named Mathilde Billung. He was the older of the two 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.
They had a son named Bernhard II.
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