Swanhilde OF SAXONY 
Swanhilde's father was Duke/Count Hermann Of Saxony BILLUNG and her mother was Hildegarde DE WESTERBOURG. Her paternal grandparents were Billung OF SAXONY and Frederunda. She had a brother and a sister, named Herman Billung and Matilda.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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