Duke Herman Billung OF SAXONY 
Herman Billung was born in 0915. Herman Billung's father was Duke/Count Hermann Of Saxony BILLUNG and his mother was Hildegarde DE WESTERBOURG. His paternal grandparents were Billung OF SAXONY and Frederunda. He had two sisters named Matilda and Swanhilde.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 and a daughter, named Bernhard Billung II and Mathilde Billung.
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